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July 27, 2020

Competing claims over bill to address looming Social Security, Medicare insolvency in GOP coronavirus package

Democrats opposed to cuts in the programs cried foul over the bill while think tanks supporting it said those claims were inaccurate

July 16, 2020

Atlanta couple arrested on charges of laundering $400G in Social Security phone scam

The Office of the Inspector General and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the arrest of a married couple on Thursday, who stand accused of laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars for foreign fraudsters. 

April 22, 2020

Medicare, Social Security in dire straits even before pandemic, new report shows

Annual reports released Wednesday revealed that the funds for both Social Security and Medicare are being swiftly depleted, and even before the coronavirus pandemic it had become evident that Medicare would be completely insolvent in just six years.

January 18, 2020

Biden, Sanders trade fire over Social Security

A simmering feud between 2020 rivals Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former Vice President Joe Biden over Sanders accusations that Biden had long advocated cutting Social Security broke out into a verbal fist fight on Saturday, as Biden called a Sanders campaign video “a lie” and “a doctored tape” and the Sanders campaign accusing Biden of “trying to doctor his own public record.”

November 25, 2019

Buttigieg proposes long-term care benefits for older Americans, protecting Social Security 'forever'

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Monday rolled out a plan to “promote dignity and security in retirement” through additional regular payments to older Americans, along with imposing a payroll tax on the wealthiest Americans to “protect Social Security forever.”

November 6, 2019

California DMV data breach left drivers' Social Security numbers exposed: report

Thousands of California drivers had their Social Security numbers exposed in a data breach that gave federal agencies unauthorized access, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced Tuesday, according to a report. 

April 23, 2019

Charles Hurt calls Medicare, Social Security a 'slow-rolling catastrophe'

While appearing on "Special Report" on Tuesday, Fox News contributor Charles Hurt said that the financial situation of U.S. entitlements was a "slow-rolling catastrophe."

March 21, 2019

Mike Huckabee blasts Gillibrand plan to extend Social Security to illegal immigrants

Making illegal immigrants eligible for Social Security benefits -- as 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has suggested -- is a "ridiculous proposal," former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Wednesday on Fox News' "Hannity."

November 23, 2018

Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid spending drive our national debt to incredible heights

Congress and the president must find a way to control the skyrocketing costs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

April 19, 2018

Bernie Sanders says rapper Cardi B is 'right' on Social Security

Sen. Bernie Sanders gave a shout-out to Cardi B on Twitter Wednesday, agreeing with the rapper's views on Social Security.