- Press releases from: June 2015
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Majority Press
McCaskill Opens Inquiry into ‘Brain Armor’ and Other Dietary Supplements Targeting Seniors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today began an examination of products, regulations, and... -
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Senators Demand Answers on FDA Guidance That Could Restrict Popular Treatment for Macular Degeneration
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) today requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) turn over documents supporting new... - Press releases from: May 2015
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Joint Press
Senate Aging Committee to Examine How Technology Can Help Seniors Age In Place
WASHINGTON, DC-- Every day, 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65, and Americans 85 and older are the... - Press releases from: April 2015
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Majority Press
McCaskill Stresses Commitment to Bipartisan Solutions With Aging Organizations
WASHINGTON – Addressing the leadership of dozens of the nation’s most important senior advocacy groups, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today stressed the bipartisan... -
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McCaskill Seeks Answers on Garnishment of Social Security for Student Loan Debt
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) today asked the government for answers about the controversial policy of garnishing Social Security benefits in order to... - Press releases from: March 2015
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Joint Press
Senate Aging Committee Holds Hearing on the Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
WASHINGTON, DC—The cost to treat those with Alzheimer’s disease is more than $226 billion a year, including $153 billion in costs to Medicare and Medicaid—with... -
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McCaskill Continues Senior Advocacy in Meeting with Top Official
WASHINGTON – After recently becoming the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill this week met with Kathy Greenlee, the... -
Majority Press
McCaskill Continues Senior Advocacy in Meeting with Top Official
WASHINGTON – After recently becoming the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill this week met with Kathy Greenlee, the... -
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Senate Aging Committee Fraud Hotline Sees Increase in Reports Related to IRS Phone Scams
WASHINGTON, DC-- With the tax filing deadline just over a month away, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill announced... -
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Senate Aging Committee Fraud Hotline Sees Increase in Reports Related to IRS Phone Scams
WASHINGTON, DC-- With the tax filing deadline just over a month away, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill announced that... -
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McCaskill Statement on Report Showing that Nearly Half of American Households Have no Retirement Savings
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today released the following statement after the National Institute on Retirement Security released a report on the current state... -
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McCaskill Statement on Data Showing a Staggering $7.7 Trillion ‘Retirement Gap’
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today released the following statement after the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College released information showing a... -
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Senate Aging Committee to Hold Hearing Examining Why Many Americans Are Financially Unprepared for Retirement
WASHINGTON, DC—Nationally, one in four retired Americans has no source of income beyond Social Security. In... -
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Sens. Collins and McCaskill Question Why More Isn't Being Done to Remove Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards
WASHINGTON, DC-- Despite the fact that more than a decade has passed since the Government Accountability Office (GAO) singled out the widespread use of Americans’ Social... - Press releases from: February 2015
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Joint Press
Senate Aging Committee to Examine Financial Exploitation of Seniors
WASHINGTON, DC- Financial exploitation of older Americans is a growing epidemic that cost seniors an estimated $2.9 billion in 2010, according to the Government Accountability... - Press releases from: December 2014
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Joint Press
A warning for seniors this holiday season
Washington, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging released a bi-partisan report detailing the most common types of fraud reported to the committee over the... -
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Report Recommends Ways to Increase Affordable Drugs Within Medicare Rx Program
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging unveiled a new bipartisan report today that focuses on ways to increase the use of generic drugs within the... - Press releases from: November 2014
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Joint Press
Hearing to Press Prepaid Debit Card Companies and Retailers on Efforts to Curb Phone Scams
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging will hold a hearing on Wednesday to examine what prepaid debit card companies and retail stores are doing to help prevent... - Press releases from: September 2014
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Joint Press
GAO: Action Needed to Combat $5 Billion Tax Refund Fraud
WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must take bold and innovative action to combat more than $5 billion in fraudulent identity theft tax refunds, according to a... -
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Hearing to Spotlight Impact of Student Loan Debt on Seniors
WASHINGTON –A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report set to be released on Wednesday says that student loan debt is on the rise among seniors. The report,...
