Biden celebrates drop in Medicare premiums as GOP pushes cuts to program
The Inflation Reduction Act allows the government to negotiate drug prices and caps prescription drug costs through the Medicare program.
By Oliver Willis - September 28, 2022The Inflation Reduction Act allows the government to negotiate drug prices and caps prescription drug costs through the Medicare program.
By Oliver Willis - September 28, 2022Don Bolduc has previously called for massive cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2022Bolduc, supporter of multiple conspiracy theories and extremist policies, will face incumbent Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) in November.
By Josh Israel - September 14, 2022Wisconsin Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes responded, ‘Self-serving, multimillionaire senator Ron Johnson wants to strip working people of the Social Security and Medicare they’ve earned.’
By Josh Israel - August 04, 2022He will face first-term Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in November.
By Josh Israel - August 03, 2022Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidate Blake Masters is the latest to endorse the unpopular idea.
By Emily Singer - June 27, 2022Jim Lamon would also raise the eligibility age so people would have to work even longer.
By Josh Israel - May 10, 2022Florida Sen. Rick Scott’s plan for possible Republican majorities in Congress includes sunsetting all federal laws every five years, including social welfare programs.
By Kaishi Chhabra - May 06, 2022Even Fox News wasn’t buying the Florida Republican’s claims about his tax plan.
By Josh Israel - March 28, 2022The National Republican Senatorial Committee chair wants his party to increase taxes for more than 100 million Americans.
By Josh Israel - March 18, 2022Republicans are scheming to revive the dangerous balanced budget amendment in 2023.
By Josh Israel - February 16, 2022Lambda Legal sees victory in its fight for widowed LGBTQ people to receive Social Security survivors benefits they’re entitled to.
By Casey Quinlan - November 02, 2021Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul is refusing to accept his removal.
By Josh Israel - July 12, 2021Americans have lost more jobs since the start of the coronavirus pandemic than during the entire Great Recession.
By Associated Press - November 03, 2020Sen. David Perdue has cited popular benefits programs as ‘the drivers that are causing this debt.’
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2020Trump’s idea would blow a $16.1 trillion hole in the U.S. budget.
By Associated Press - August 13, 2020Trump’s support among older Americans has dropped 11 percentage points since the 2016 election.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 10, 2020Trump’s recent orders won’t stop evictions or cut payroll taxes, and they’ve only created confusion and concern around unemployment insurance.
By Emily Singer - August 10, 2020Ten days after vowing that he would ‘be cutting’ entitlement programs, Donald Trump called it a lie to suggest he ever would.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2020Less than 24 hours later, he said the complete opposite.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 06, 2020For every tweet about Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security, Donald Trump sends 100 about Democrats.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 11, 2020The proposal would also fail to eliminate the deficit over 10 years.
By Associated Press - February 10, 2020Trump also suggested Democrats were the ones hoping to slash crucial safety net programs.
By Josh Israel - January 23, 2020Trump appears to be walking back prior promises not to cut social safety net programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
By Josh Israel - January 22, 2020Sen. Joni Ernst previously said she would like Congress to meet ‘behind closed doors’ to talk about Social Security.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 12, 2019Trump and the GOP have already pushed for major cuts to food stamps, children’s health care, and school lunches.
By Mike Stankiewicz - August 13, 2019Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) voted to give billions to wealthy Wall Street corporations, but thinks America can’t afford Social Security.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 12, 2019The Trump administration is trying to take Social Security disability payments away from people with limited English proficiency.
By Lisa Needham - May 14, 2019The Trump administration wants to be able to use your Facebook photos and your tweets to prove you don’t deserve benefits.
By Oliver Willis - March 11, 2019The Republican tax scam has completely failed, so now Mitch McConnell wants to gut America’s social safety net to foot the enormous bill.
By Oliver Willis - October 17, 2018