Hiltzik: Social Security is as healthy as we want it to be
Improving Social Security is a matter of political will, not affordability.
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Improving Social Security is a matter of political will, not affordability.
U.S. Sen. Blumenthal is battling sagging approval ratings in a tough election year.
A Quinnipiac University poll last week showed Blumenthal barely above water in his...
The script Wednesday was familiar, one that Sen. Richard Blumenthal has reliably followed over his long career on the political stage. Standing with AARP allies, he skewered pharmaceutical companies and demanded that Congress act to lower Medicare drug costs. “There’s nothing more important to seniors, there’s nothing more important to American consumers, than lowering prescription drug prices and stopping the astronomical rise in costs of health care,” said Blumenthal, standing outside his office across from the Old State House in downtown Hartford.
Some of the people were fined more than the amount of money they had received from Social Security.