Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09)

Bill Number(s)

S. 393

H.R. 1046

Bill Summary

Would increase benefits by $200/month across-the-board; update and increase the minimum benefit to 125 percent of poverty, to ensure that no one retires into poverty after a lifetime of work; restore student benefits up to age 22 for dependent children of disabled or deceased workers; switch to the more accurate consumer price index for the elderly (CPI-E), so benefits keep pace with inflation and do not erode over time.

Would ensure that all benefits will be paid in full and on time for the next 75 years and beyond by requiring those with incomes of $250,000 or more to pay into Social Security on all of their income, earned and unearned, above that $250,000 threshold.  

Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)

Rep. John Larson (D-CT-01)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 4583

S. 2280

Bill Summary

Would increase benefits by two percent across-the-board and in numerous targeted ways, including providing credit for family caregivers, eliminating the five-month waiting period before disability insurance benefits are received, providing a so-called birthday bump to seniors and people with disabilities who have been receiving benefits for 15 years or more, increasing the benefits of some widow(er)s, updating and increasing the minimum benefit to 125 percent of poverty, to ensure that no one retires into poverty after a lifetime of work; switching to the more accurate consumer price index for the elderly (CPI-E), so benefits keep pace with inflation and do not erode over time, and much more.

Would ensure that all benefits can be paid in full and on time through 2066 (and between 95 and 98 percent of benefits thereafter) by requiring those with incomes of $400,000 or more to pay into Social Security on all of their income, earned and unearned, above that $400,000 threshold. 

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA-38)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 3261

Bill Summary

Would increase benefits across-the-board, increase widow(er) benefits for spouses in two income households and switch to the more accurate consumer price index for the elderly (CPI-E), so benefits keep pace with inflation and do not erode over time.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI-04)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 671

Bill Summary

Would update and improve the minimum benefit, including providing credit for family caregiving, to ensure that no one retires into poverty after a lifetime of work; restore and expand student benefits up to age 26 for children of disabled, retired, or deceased workers; and provide a so-called birthday bump to seniors and people with disabilities who have been receiving benefits for 15 years or more.

Would ensure that all benefits can be paid in full and on time through 2059 (and between 89 and 91 percent beyond that) by phasing out the cap on contributions.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA-38)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 3926

Bill Summary

Would increase widow(er) benefits for spouses in two income households, so that the survivor does not suffer too substantial a drop in income upon the death of their spouse.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

Bill Number(s)

S. 1174

Bill Summary

Would ensure that all Social Security benefits will be paid in full and on time for the next three-quarters of a century and beyond by requiring those with over $400,000 in income to contribute to Social Security on all of their income, earned and unearned, above that $400,000 threshold. 

Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)

Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37)

Bill Number(s)

S. 320

H.R. 883

Bill Summary

Would phase out the five-month waiting period to receive SSDI benefits and allow those who are uninsured or unable to afford health insurance to immediately receive Medicare coverage.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA-8)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 716

Bill Summary

Would switch to the more accurate consumer price index for the elderly (CPI-E), so benefits keep pace with inflation and do not erode over time.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO-02)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 4348

Bill Summary

Would correct an IRS rule which unfairly taxes Social Security beneficiaries when they receive a large lump sum back payment, in cases where, for example, the Social Security Administration has taken a long time to determine whether a claimant is eligible for disability benefits. 

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI-02)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 814

Bill Summary

Would require a two-thirds supermajority vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to pass any legislation that would reduce Social Security or Medicare benefits.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA-06)

Bill Number(s)

S. 597

H.R. 82

Bill Summary

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

Why We Like It

Would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA-01)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 4260

Bill Summary

Would modify the Windfall Elimination Provision.

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Primary Sponsor(s)

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI-02)

Bill Number(s)

H.R. 732

Bill Summary

Would rename Medicare Advantage (MA) as the Alternative Private Health Plan program. Would also establish civil penalties for entities that continue to advertise MA plans with Medicare in the title.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08)

Bill Number(s)

S. 1476

H.R. 3160

Bill Summary

Would require the disclosure of costs associated with clinical trials and pharmaceutical research and development.

Specifically, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be required to create a publicly available repository of cost data from certain clinical trials that test the efficacy of drugs, biological products, and devices in human subjects. For each applicable trial, the registry would be required to, among other information, include the total and per patient cost of the trial, as well as costs for personnel, health care services, and other categories of expenditures. Information would have to be added to the registry within one year of the trial’s completion.

The bill would also require drug manufacturers to include their research and development expenditures for drugs and biological products in annual disclosures made to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Primary Sponsor(s)

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT)

Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO-01)

Bill Number(s)

S. 727

H.R. 1485

Bill Summary

Would cap the manufacturer price of insulin at $20 per vial (i.e.1,000 units of insulin).

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