Alternet: Progressive Activists Ambush Joe Manchin Before Vote to Confirm Big Pharma Executive

Jan 25, 2018 | Latest News, Media Coverage

Progressive Activists Ambush Joe Manchin Before Vote to Confirm Big Pharma Executive By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet January 25, 2018, 1:43 PM GMT On Wednesday, the Senate voted 55-43 to confirm Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical executive, as secretary of the...

Alternet: One Republican’s Disastrous Plan Would Make Student Debt an Even Bigger Problem

Jan 10, 2018 | Media Coverage

One Republican’s Disastrous Plan Would Make Student Debt an Even Bigger Problem You won’t believe where he wants to get the money from. By Liz Posner / AlterNet January 10, 2018, 2:51 PM GMT Rep. Tom Garrett has a crazy new proposal intended to ease the student...

Rewire: Your Money or Your Life? The GOP Wants Both

Dec 5, 2017 | Latest News, Media Coverage

Your Money or Your Life? The GOP Wants Both Dec 5, 2017, 7:13am Jodi Jacobson Many of the implications—and intentions—of this bill are all too clear. By creating massive deficits (even the mention of which I am old enough to remember would once-upon-a-time send...

Market Watch: You’ll never live to be 150 and other things to know about aging in America

Oct 21, 2017 | Media Coverage

Young people should count on Social Security in the future, said Nancy Altman, the president of Social Security Works, partly because both Democratic and Republican voters agree Social Security needs to be around. Read more at MarketWatch

Washington Post: Social Security checks finally get an increase, but it’s still not enough

Oct 16, 2017 | Media Coverage

Nancy Altman, president of Social Security Works, said the COLA increase is not enough after years of no or minuscule increases. “For many beneficiaries, even this small adjustment will be wiped out by increases in Medicare premiums and other health-care costs,” she...

Alternet: Republicans Are Intent on Destroying Health Care, Putting Tens of Millions of American Lives at Risk

Oct 6, 2017 | Media Coverage

“On a party line vote, the House just passed a budget that cuts Medicare by nearly $500 billion and Medicaid by up to $1.5 trillion, along with raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67,” said Alex Lawson, executive director of Social Security Works, which advocates...