- Press releases from: May 2015
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Minority Press
Senate Aging Committee Tackles Hospital 'Observation Status' Crisis
WASHINGTON – This afternoon, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Claire McCaskill will lead a bipartisan Senate panel examining the... -
Minority Press
Maine Nurse Testifies Before Aging Committee About Hospital ‘Observation Status’ Crisis
WASHINGTON – The Senate Special Committee on Aging, led by Chairman Susan Collins, today held a hearing to examine the dramatic growth in the use of “observation... -
Minority Press
Senate Aging Committee Tackles Hospital ‘Observation Status’ Crisis
WASHINGTON – This Wednesday, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Claire McCaskill will lead a bipartisan Senate panel examining the dramatic growth in the use of... -
Minority Press
Scam Artist Involved in Jamaican Lottery Scam Found Guilty in US Court
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Department of Justice Officials today notified Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, that an individual charged... -
Minority Press
UMaine Research Official Testifies Before Senate Panel to Discuss Technologies that Help Seniors
WASHINGTON, DC-- At the request of Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, Dr. Carol Kim, Vice... -
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... -
Minority Press
UMaine Research Official Testifies Before Senate Panel to Discuss Technologies that Help Seniors
WASHINGTON, DC-- At the request of Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, Dr. Carol Kim, Vice President for Research at the University of Maine in Orono,... - 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... -
Minority Press
Sen. Collins Calls Aging Committee Hearing to Examine Huge IRS Impersonation Scam
WASHINGTON, DC—Through what the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has called the “largest, most pervasive impersonation scam in the history of... -
Minority Press
Senate Aging Committee to Examine Huge IRS Impersonation Scam and What the Government is Doing to Stop It
WASHINGTON, DC—Through what the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) has called the “largest, most pervasive impersonation scam in the history of... -
Minority Press
Senator Collins to Give Keynote Addess to 10th Annual Geriatrics Day Confernce in Portland
SENATOR COLLINS TO GIVE KEYNOTE ADDRESS TO 10TH ANNUAL GERIATRICS DAY CONFERENCE IN PORTLAND Senator Collins Scheduled to Speak at 10:30 AM on Wed. April... - 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... -
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... -
Minority Press
Chairman Collins Featured on Cover of Aging Care Magazine
Chairman Susan Collins is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Aging Care Magazine. Click the Image Below to Read the Feature. -
Joint Press
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... -
Joint Press
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... -
Majority Press
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... -
Majority Press
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... -
Joint Press
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...
