Meetings Training 2015 Legislative Summit Online ResourcesKey Social Security Bills Gain Support.In addition, new retirees in 2017 or later would no longer have their benefits reduced by the WEP. Instead, all earnings would be considered when determining Social Security benefits. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady the sponsor of H.R. 711 explained on Tuesday, "No more unfair formula … Instead, we use the same benefit formula for everyone, looking at all earnings. And if some of those earnings aren't from Social Security covered employment, we adjust benefits to reflect the proportion that are.".Drug Legislation Running Out of Time as Part D Costs Set to Soar … Continued
State Indicator Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas HpsasBy Representative Elijah E. Cummings.TSCL is working with Members of Congress for the "Guaranteed 3% COLA for Seniors Act, introduced by Representative Eliot Engel. The bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a monthly CPI-E and uses it to calculate the annual Social Security COLA. And in the case when inflation is low, the bill would provide an annual COLA of at least 3%..Congress passed legislation to end the practice at the end of the year, but as with so much other legislation Congress passes, it gave an outline of new policy but it left a great deal up to the President to work out the specifics. … Continued