The Latest Breaking News from Social Security

It seems no one wants to cut Social Security or Medicare benefits

A successful claim for the devolved disability benefit could help with daily living and mobility costs.

WASHINGTON — When the 1996 presidential campaign approached, Bill Clinton faced an uphill struggle to win a second term. His biggest legislative proposal, a sweeping health care bill, had failed. His party had lost the House of Representatives to Republicans led by a fiery conservative, Newt Gingrich. Clinton's poll ratings…

The devolved benefit is expected to replace PIP for all claimants living in Scotland by the end of 2025.

Republican Sen. Rick Scott Friday backtracked on his plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that President Joe Biden called out during his fiery State of the Union speech.

Rick Scott’s updated policy proposal would exempt ‘Social Security, Medicare, national security, veterans benefits, and other essential services’ from his sunset provision

Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida has amended a plan to overhaul how the federal government works after Democrats repeatedly seized on it to accuse Republicans of looking to cut Medicare and Social Security

The Florida Republican changed his plan to exclude the programs after backlash from Democrats and his own party

"To say otherwise is a disingenuous Democrat lie," Scott wrote about Biden.

Millions of Americans will find it harder to put enough food on the table starting in March 2023, after a COVID-19 pandemic-era boost to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits comes to an end. Congress mandated this change in budget legislation it passed in late December 2022.

As legislators refuse to act, benefits will be cut without any possibility of sheltering those seniors who are poor.