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Gov. Ned Lamont joined leading state Democrats for a rally at the State Capitol warning against possible cuts to Medicaid funding.
President Donald Trump has insisted that he does not intend to cut Medicaid, Medicare, or Social Security funding. But Democrats argue that cuts are inevitable if Republicans in Washington are serious about fulfilling their campaign promises to drastically reduce federal spending at the same time as they seek to renew sweeping tax cuts from Trump’s first term.
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone.
At 5 p.m. on Friday, March 7, Donald Trump's Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a change in policy that could easily bankrupt some of the program's senior beneficiaries. The agency will now revert back to a more punishing policy that some Republican members of Congress previously publicly opposed - a policy that makes seniors bear the costs of the government's mistakes.
John Larson is worried.
For more than a decade in his Congressional career, the East Hartford Democrat has focused sharply on preserving Social Security even when the issue was not in the headlines.
East Hartford, CT – Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) released the following statement on the passing of his friend and colleague, Rep. Raúl Grijalva of Arizona.