Covid19 Vaccine Anxiety Among TeensI have proudly introduced this important legislation every single Congress since coming to the House of Representatives in 201Despite having over 100 bipartisan cosponsors each Congress, the bill has received little attention from House leadership. In September 2018, myself and my colleague, Representative Garret Graves offered this bill as an amendment to the Family Savings Act, which was part of Representative Kevin Brady's "Tax 2.0" package. Then in May of 2019, we offered the legislation as an amendment to H.R. 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Act which passed the House 417-Unfortunately, both times, the amendment was defeated in the House Committee on Rules..Medicare pays nothing at all for long-term care, and provides only."Record low growth in Social Security benefits over the past seven years is contributing to the problem," says TSCL Chairman, Ed Cates. Social Security recipients receive an annual cost of living adjustment in most years, to protect the buying power of benefits from rising prices when they retire. But since 2010, the annual raise has averaged just 1.2 percent - less than half the more typical 3 percent average from 1999 2009. … Continued
Care Feeling Anxious About A Post Pandemic World Youre Not AloneOpportunity to expand and preserve this vital benefit for future generations..The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset were included in the Social Security Act of 1983 to help shore up the Social Security program. I believe this has done little to secure the program and, instead, unfairly reduces the Social Security benefits of millions of public employees. Earlier this year, I reintroduced legislation, H.R. 973, the Social Security Fairness Act, to repeal these arcane policies..To qualify, you must meet your state's income and asset guidelines. You may qualify if your income in 2012 was at or below the income and resource limits listed below. … Continued