Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet: Social Security Fairness Act

  February 04, 2021: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) 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 address ...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: 2021 Social Security and Medicare — Current Facts and Figures

  January 19, 2021: Nearly 180 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 2021. Download the fact sheet.  ...Read more >

• Fact Sheet/Action Alert: President Trump and Majority Leader McConnell Sneak Plan to Cut Social Security and Medicare into Coronavirus Relief Bill

  July 30, 2020: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell included a dangerous piece of legislation that will fast track cuts to Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds in the proposed Republican coronavirus relief package. We have to stop this dangerous plan. D...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: MMAPPP Act Fact Sheet

  June 30, 2020: 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 >

• Fact Sheet: Quality Care for Nursing Home Residents and Workers During COVID-19 Act

  June 19, 2020: The pandemic hit nursing homes and long-term care facilities particularly hard. To help address the crisis and protect residents and workers, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) filed the Quality Care for Nursing Ho...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: TRUST Act

  June 17, 2020: On October 31, 2019, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced the Time to Rescue the United States Trusts (TRUST) Act, S. 2733 & H.R. 4907. They falsely claimed that Social Security and Medicare are “spi...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Coronavirus Updates for Retirees, Veterans, and Seniors

  April 17, 2020: There has been a lot of confusion about how seniors, retirees, people with disabilities, and veterans will receive the coronavirus stimulus checks. To address this, we created a fact sheet that provides an update about what you need to do to get y...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Coronavirus Response and Older Americans

  March 03, 2020: In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Congress enacted three coronavirus assistance packages to provide relief to families and businesses in March 2020. The packages also helped older Americans and nursing homes. Provisions included out-of-netw...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: House Drug Price Negotiation Bill

  January 18, 2020: The “noninterference” clause of Medicare Part D currently prohibits the government from negotiating lower drug prices. To address this issue,  House Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats passed the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) on December 1...Read more >

• Fact Sheet: Medicare Expansion

  January 17, 2020: On December 12, 2019, the U.S. House passed the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3), which allows the government to negotiate lower drug prices for people covered by Medicare and private insurance. The legislation also includes three Medicare expans...Read more >