Federal Assistance to Older Americans
Witnesses testified about ways to reshape and modernize aging services, including meals, rides and care-giving programs, through the re-authorization of the Older Americans Act.
1,136 viewsWitnesses testified about ways to reshape and modernize aging services, including meals, rides and care-giving programs, through the re-authorization of the Older Americans Act.
1,136 viewsMax Richtman and Mark Warshawsky talked about the federal budget and Social Security.
889 viewsJoseph Antos and Max Richtman talked about the fiscal viability of Social Security and Medicare.
1,203 viewsThe House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a virtual hearing to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security. Witnesses talked about Social Security r…
1,011 viewsMax Richtman talked about the future of Social Security and Medicare following the release of President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget.
2,833 viewsSeniors' and women’s organizations examined the challenges facing America’s elderly women and offered proposals to modernize benefits. They focused on a report which found that the poverty r…
268 viewsMax Richtman talked about the future of Social Security and Medicare, especially in light of the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach an agreement, and he resp…
1,475 viewsMax Richtman talked about proposed Social Security and Medicare cuts as part of various ways to cut the budget deficit and national debt. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic …
1,707 viewsParticipants spoke to reporters about the importance of Social Security, their opposition to any changes in the system, and the system’s contribution to disabled and surviving spouses. Follo…
42 viewsWitnesses testified about the rising costs of prescription drugs, the percentage of health care spending on new drugs, and the degree to which new technologies and the health care industry d…
223 viewsAfter a news conference with President Clinton, Democratic leaders and others spoke to reporters about proposed health care legislation that would provide prescription drug benefits as part …
82 viewsAfter meeting with President Bill Clinton, senior citizens addressed the media and fielded their questions. They encouraged Washington politicians to reform the prescription drug industry in…
111 viewsC-SPAN compiled selected segments of candidates in the Wisconsin Senate Race. The program included background on the race from political analyst Charlie Cook, TV ads from the two candidates,…
123 viewsAfter today’s White House briefings, representatives of National Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, the National Council of Senior Citizens and other groups and other advocates for nursing h…
74 viewsSenator Wyden and Rep. Frank hosted a forum which compared the costs of social and military programs. Budget, labor, education and health policy specialists participated. A major topic was t…
19 viewsThe National Committee to preserve social security held a Congressional briefing on the impact of privatizing the social security pension system. The speakers took questions from the audienc…
56 viewsMr. Richtmun discussed the announcement by the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement Reform proposing possible cuts in Social Security and Medicare. He is a lobbyist opposed to such cuts.
31 viewsPresident Bill Clinton’s Task Force on National Health Care Reform took testimony from representatives of senior citizen groups and health care consumer groups in the first panel of its firs…
183 viewsThis is the second part of a conference called, “Social Security: The Inter-Generational Compact.” Committee members focused on the treatment of Social Security trust funds in the federal b…
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