The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before President Joe Biden is set to leave office. The rules ban credit agencies from inclu... Read more
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Millions of Americans Will Now Receive the Full Social Security Benefits They Earned Washington, DC - President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, into law at the White House today. The ceremony is the culmination of decades of grassroots activism by Alli... Read more
“The future is here,” the email announced. Hilda Jaffe, then 88, was letting her children know she planned to sell the family home in Verona, New Jersey. She’d decided to begin life anew — on her own — in a one-bedroom apartment in Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan. Four... Read more
Jeff Kromrey, 69, will sit down with his daughter the next time she visits and show her how to access his online accounts if he has an unexpected health crisis. Gayle Williams-Brett, 69, plans to tackle a project she’s been putting off for months: organizing all her financia... Read more
Nearly 184 million workers contribute to Social Security and Medicare through payroll taxes. Details like benefit amounts and premiums change each year. Our fact sheet has the latest figures for 2025. Download the fact sheet here.... Read more
For decades, two unfair Social Security law provisions have unjustly deprived more than 2 million public service retirees of the benefits they have earned. But we have an opportunity to fix this injustice. The U.S. House just passed the Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), ... Read more
Nearly 184 million workers contribute to Social Security through payroll taxes. Details like benefit amounts and premiums change each year. Our fact sheet has the latest figures. Download the fact sheet here.... Read more
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location: AFL-CIO Headquarters, Washington, D.C. and also streamed online. This event will examine the looming retirement security crisis and bring together government officials, labor movement leaders, policy experts, and many o... Read more
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