Health insurance industry to organize people satisfied with private health insurance
AFSC joins in on fifth Social Security discussion with the Administration
AFSC joins in on fourth Social Security discussion with the Administration
AFSC unveils its agenda for the 110th Congress
AFSC joins in on another Social Security discussion with the Administration.
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AFSC joins Social Security discussion with the Administration
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July 17, 2008
Health insurance industry to organize people satisfied with private health insurance
June 27, 2008AFSC joins in on fifth Social Security discussion with the Administration
April 16, 2008AFSC joins in on fourth Social Security discussion with the Administration
February 4, 2008AFSC unveils its agenda for the 110th Congress
January 8, 2008AFSC joins in on another Social Security discussion with the Administration.
January 8, 2008Do Not Call list will not expire.
October 11, 2007AFSC joins Social Security discussion with the Administration
October 5, 2007Social Security compromise simliar to Bush's proposal
October 5, 2007Thompson Floats Social Security Fix
October 5, 2007Democrats Says They Will Not Compromise With President Bush on SCHIP
October 4, 2007More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
May 4, 2007Alegent Health Sharing Rebates With Employees Thanks to Consumer-Driven Plan
May 4, 2007Medicare's problems must be fixed
April 26, 2007Financial Advisers Recommend HSAs To Help Cover Retirement Costs
April 26, 2007March 30, 2007
Health savings accounts can be a boon to seniors
March 13, 2007Area leaders back Bush initiative to shine light on health costs, quality
March 12, 2007Regina Herzlinger '65 has strong medicine for the health-care industry
March 12, 2007Salazar's Social Security bill would block private accounts
March 11, 2007Edwards promises painful health care plan
February 17, 2007Secretary Leavitt touts 'value-driven health care' initiative
January 19, 2007Senate Adopts Amendment Stopping Pro-Life Lobbying Restrictions
January 16, 2007Paulson Warned by Conservatives: No New Social-Security Taxes
January 16, 2007January 15, 2007
Health care plan stirs new debate
January 14, 2007Rep. Ron Paul: Totalization is a Bad Idea
January 13, 2007Wash. Post: Government should not negotiate drug prices in Medicare
January 2, 2007HSA popularity continues to explode
December 12, 2006More retailers roll out low-cost health care services
December 10, 2006Republican Congress Expands Health Savings Accounts in Final Days
December 5, 2006Social Security Reform Is Not Just About Solvency
December 1, 2006Is a senior safety net worth $9,000 a year?
November 22, 2006Paulson: Ready to talk about Social Security
November 12, 2006Your own doctor, for $1,000 a year
October 2, 2006Santorum's Social Security bill pending
September 26, 2006Senate Finance to hold hearing- Health Savings Accounts: The Experience So Far
September 21, 2006Democrats Waging Mindless Campaign Attacks on Social Security
September 19, 2006Armey Presses Pols on Social Security
August 25, 2006Romney: reform Social Security
August 23, 2006The Benefits of Health Savings Accounts
August 17, 2006HSAs Growing Apace To Reach 3.6 Million Accounts By January, 2007
August 1, 2006Theorists compete on health care reform
July 26, 2006The new force in walk-in clinics
June 20, 2006Cantor to offer new HSA bill, easing tax concerns of right
June 18, 2006Regulation a Help or Hindrance?
June 17, 2006Public sector can learn from private successes
June 2, 2006Let commission kick-start Social Security reform
May 8, 2006House Bill Would Provide Tax Incentives To HSA Enrollees
May 8, 2006Generation X Lacks Confidence in Social Security and Pensions
May 6, 2006Wisconsin Health Plan Would Require HSAs
May 3, 2006Sen. Coburn takes aim at colleagues' pork
May 3, 2006Social Security, Medicare to run out sooner
April 30, 2006Poll: Congress Should Act to Let Seniors Establish Medicare Health Savings Accounts
April 19, 2006Makers Get Limited Approval of Free-Drug Plans
April 11, 2006Health Savings Accounts Fastest Growing Area of the Healthcare Market
April 6, 2006In Connecticut, Bush Talks of Soaring Health Care Costs
April 4, 2006Tough Retirement Ahead for Americans Relying on Social Security, Pensions
April 4, 2006President Bush Discusses Health Care Initiatives
April 1, 2006Government forbids medical charity
March 29, 2006March 29, 2006
March 20, 2006
Health Care Pooling Bill Moving
March 19, 2006Bennett Hopes to Spur Talk on Social Security
March 15, 2006New Hope for Social Security Reform
March 14, 2006Bush Administration Expected To Announce Plan To Increase Transparency of Health Care Prices
March 13, 2006Federal aid programs expand at record rate
March 3, 2006Sen. Enzi To Introduce Compromise Legislation on Association Health Plans
March 3, 2006The Mythology of Health Care Reform
March 2, 2006Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Report Recommends Revision of Reimbursement System
March 1, 2006Rep. Ryan Hasn't Given Up on Social Security Reform
March 1, 2006Choice, Control of Bush Health Care Plan Lauded
March 1, 2006Bush official lauds California health-tech plan
February 28, 2006Sen. Frist Proposes Six Reforms for Medicare to Begin Entitlement Control
February 16, 2006In Ohio, Bush Touts Health Savings Plan
February 15, 2006Bush Economic Adviser Attributes Rising Health Care Costs to 'Perception' Care Is Free
February 13, 2006Report on 2006 CoMPASS kick-off meeting
February 10, 2006February 6, 2006
Social Security Investment Accounts, Indexing in Bush Budget
Reform ideas that never caught on in 2006 are back in the 2007 budget
CoMPASS Urges Congress to Include Social Security Reforms in Retirement Security Bill
November 2, 2005US Senators meet with CoMPASS Coalition Members
September 21, 2005
Open letter to all members of the US. House and Senate
On behalf of the more than 500 business, advocacy, senior and student organizations that comprise the Coalition for the Modernization and Protection of America's Social Security (CoMPASS), the organization urges House and Senate members to adopt legislation this fall to fix Social Security
Rock The Vote/ AARP Poll Shows Broad Support for Personal Accounts
July 26, 2005
Remember When Democratic Leaders Favored Social Security Reform?
Democratic Leadership Council Backed Real Reform in 2000
AFSC attends White House briefing by President Bush on Social Security
July 18, 2005July 12, 2005
Trying to kill the 'death tax'
July 12, 2005The Cost of Inaction on Social Security: $600 Billion A Year
July 6, 2005July 6, 2005
June 27, 2005 Social Security Fact of the Day
"GROW Accounts" plan would create personal within Social Security to wall off surplus.
COMPASS Welcomes New Social Security Proposals
June 2, 2005
Some Good News for Social Security Reform
Contrary to what the mainstream media would have you believe, the poll numbers are actually looking favorable for social security reform.
AFSC joins Coalition for the Modernization and Protection of America's Social Security
May 31, 2005
By the Numbers: More Progress on Social Security
Poll information on support for Social Security Reform compiled by the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives.
Latest bad news on Social Security
"The long-term financial condition of the Social Security system deteriorated slightly over the last year, the government reported Wednesday, and President Bush's supporters immediately said this strengthened the case for enacting a fundamental change in the program this year."
Social Security fund may run out sooner
"Based on revised assumptions, the trustees now estimate that by 2041 the system's trust fund will be exhausted, meaning the system will only be able to pay out a percentage of the benefits currently promised. ..."
Hill Attacks Alan.
"...When the talk turned to the promising surplus forecasts that Greenspan relied on to support President Bush's 2001 tax cuts, the former First Lady pounced. 'It turns out that we were all wrong,' Greenspan admitted. But Hillary quickly snapped: 'Just for the record, we were not all wrong, but many people were wrong.' Hillary had joined with most of her Democrat colleagues to vote against the 2001 tax cuts, and one of their stated reasons was that the federal deficits would explode. Of course, this was before the 9/11 attacks and the global War on Terror, which helped to both slow economic growth and vastly increase federal spending."
With All Due Respect, Mr. President, You're Wrong
"At his press briefing Wednesday, Bush again stated that personal retirement accounts are insufficient to make Social Security permanently solvent. With all due respect, Mr. President, you're wrong. The chief actuary of Social Security has scored four separate personal-accounts plans as achieving full solvency without tax increases or benefit cuts."
Greenspan Pushes for Social Security Fixes
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan once again called on legislators "to move promptly to put Social Security on firm financial footing," warning that lack of action could lead to negative consequences such as budget deficits and a stagnant economy.
Labor's Social Security Hypocrisy
Bryan O'Keefe points out the following hypocrisy... "...big labor has one of the most contradictory positions -- at once arguing that the stock market is a bad investment for retirees, but, at the same time, having billions of dollars invested in the stock market in its pension funds for union members.
Savings in Spotlight as Hill Eyes Social Security
"Capitol Hill makes three of the four savings accounts proposed in President Bush administration's 2006 budget plan a legislative reality."
Social Security 70 Years Later - Time For A New(er) Deal
"As President Bush 'goes on tour,' trying to sell his still ambiguous Social Security Reform plan to the American people in 60 different cities, the one idea that is clear is that the program, as we know, it should be reformed. ..."
Nothing personal about Social Security
"Mindless partisanship has gotten in the way of the liberal traditional instinct to fight injustice. But the injustice of Social Security in its present form is plain. ..."
GOP chairman sees Social Security approval
"Congress will pass a Social Security bill, and Democrats who stand in the way will be considered obstructionists by voters, the head of the Republican Party said Monday in an Associated Press interview."
In Fighting Social Security Reform, AARP Can't Tell Truth from Myth
"AARP Magazine features 'Myths and Truths About Social Security' by 'the magazine's Social Security expert' Karen Westerberg Reyes. I was not surprised to find their expert audaciously redefining truths as myths and myths as truths."
Bush Uses Social Security to Appeal to Youth
"President Bush is selling his Social Security reform plan to young Americans, hoping their enthusiasm can help convince lawmakers to push through landmark policy change. But the payoff could also mean more young Republican voters..."
Fixing Social Security
"Pity the opponents of Social Security reform. Now that President Bush has spelled out some details of his plan to keep the program from sliding into insolvency, it's going to be harder for them to demonize it. It's always easier to fear-monger the unknown."
New Head of Club for Growth Vows Fight for Social Security Reform
Three lawmakers so far are the targets of Club For Growth's multimillion-dollar advertising campaign to promote President Bush's Social Security reforms.
Congressman: Democrat Leadership Threatening 'Retribution' for Dems Who Cooperate with White House
Democratic leadership is apparently threatening its members who support Social Security reform.
Democrats' Blind Opposition to Social Security Reform Carries Huge Dangers for Party
The Democrats are preparing for a major offensive to kill President Bush's Social Security reform plans, claiming they are "dead on arrival."
Social Security Reform - What Bush Should Learn - Retirement Expert Offers Unbiased Useful Information
Jim Trippon, former senior Price Waterhouse CPA, says "...citizens should be allowed to privatize their retirement funds using only Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS). With TIPS, citizens can invest their money in five, 10 or 20 year terms. Owners receive interest payments every six months and the bonds are protected from inflation, meaning the worth of their retirement investment ultimately cannot be depleted in value."
State of the Union Address
"The goal here is greater security in retirement, so we will set careful guidelines for personal accounts. We'll make sure the money can only go into a conservative mix of bonds and stock funds. We'll make sure that your earnings are not eaten up by hidden Wall Street fees. We'll make sure there are good options to protect your investments from sudden market swings on the eve of your retirement. We'll make sure a personal account cannot be emptied out all at once, but rather paid out over time, as an addition to traditional Social Security benefits. And we'll make sure this plan is fiscally responsible, by starting personal retirement accounts gradually, and raising the yearly limits on contributions over time, eventually permitting all workers to set aside four percentage points of their payroll taxes in their accounts."
Congress Should Make Tough Choices
David Boaz argues that in just a few years, Social Security will start draining money from the US Treasury to pay benefits. He insists that this is not a distant crisis, but something that needs to be addressed now.
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