Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet: The Inflation Reduction Act and Prescription Drug Prices

  August 16, 2022: One in four people over the age of 65 report not taking at least one prescription drug as prescribed due to its cost. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical corporations are making record profits, lining the pockets of their executives and shareholders while pati...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Social Security and Medicare: Current Facts and Figures 2022

  January 12, 2022: Nearly 176 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 2022. Download the fact sheet here....Read more >

• Position Paper: Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust Act

  November 30, 2021: The average monthly Social Security benefit and cost-of-living adjustments haven't kept pace with the rising costs that seniors face. Plus, many spouses and widow(er)s are negatively affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Govern...Read more >

• Position Paper: Social Security Fairness Act 2021

  June 16, 2021: Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions claw back the Social Security benefits of workers or their spouse or widow(er) if they worked for a period of time in jobs not covered by Social Security. To a...Read more >

• Position Paper: House Drug Price Negotiation Bill – H.R. 3

  May 21, 2021: Americans pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. According to a March 29, 2021 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in 2020 Americans paid two to four times more for 20 brand-named drugs than people in Canada, Fr...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Pandemic Treatment Access and Affordability (PTAA) Act

  April 26, 2021: The federal government has spent tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on research and development (R&D) of vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, including $23 billion for manufacturing and purchasing. Despite this public investment, there is no g...Read more >

• Position Paper: PRO Act

  April 26, 2021: The labor movement has been, and continues to be, the leading force in the fight to strengthen Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, ensuring a measure of retirement security for all Americans. Our country, our democracy and our people benefit when...Read more >

• Position Paper: Protecting the Right to Vote

  April 26, 2021: During 2020, 158.4 million Americans, or 66% of registered voters -- a record number -- voted in the Presidential election. The election also saw record vote by mail numbers, with 46% of voters casting their ballots by mail, up from 25% in the 2016 e...Read more >

• Position Paper: Oppose the TRUST Act

  April 23, 2021: Sen. Mitt Romney (UT) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (WI) introduced the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act, S.1295 and H.R. 2575, on April 21, 2021. This would pave the way for Social Security and Medicare cuts, creating “Rescue Commit...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Medicaid Facts

  April 07, 2021: Medicaid is a social safety net program that provides health coverage for pregnant women, children, the disabled and seniors with low-incomes. Download the fact sheet....Read more >