Chris Holman welcomes Max Richtman President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, of Washington DC. Watch Max and Chris discuss NCPSSM, and their efforts concerning Social Security and Medicare in the YouTube video shared below:
He has visited Michigan, meeting with, among others, the leadership of AARP Michigan.
In their discussion, the questions Max and Chris discussed included:
1. What is the present status of social security?
2. We’ll decide with Medicare being that it would be privatized?
3. Would politicians actually attack these programs knowing the size of the voting block in favor of them continuing?
4. Are these programs economically sustainable?
5. What can we do to stop the Government from interfering with these programs?
The mission of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, a membership organization, is to protect, preserve, promote, and ensure the financial security, health, and the well-being of current and future generations of maturing Americans.
It was founded in 1982 to serve as an advocate for the landmark federal programs of Social Security and Medicare and for all Americans who seek a healthy, productive, and secure retirement. With millions of members and supporters across America, it is the nation’s second-largest grassroots citizens organization devoted to the retirement future for all citizens – from the “twenty-something” generation and baby boomers to the nation’s thirty-four million seniors.
More information can be found www.socialsecurityheretoday.org
Max Richtman, J.D. – President/CEO
A former staff director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and 16-year veteran of Capitol Hill, Max Richtman is President and CEO of the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM), one of the nation’s most influential senior advocacy and education membership organizations. Mr. Richtman, who joined the organization in 1989, also serves as Chair of the National Committee’s Political Action Committee (PAC) board, a non-partisan committee that endorses candidates for federal office who take uncompromising stands on social policy legislation that impacts the aging population. Mr. Richtman has testified before House and Senate committees, provided expert political and policy commentary during appearances on CNN, C-Span, FOX, MSNBC, CBS, and Pacifica radio networks, participated in hundreds of Congressional Town Hall meetings across the country, and has been a featured speaker during numerous national and state conferences on aging. During his congressional career, Max Richtman directed a lengthy investigation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s enforcement of age-discrimination statutes and developed legislation to establish a Consumer Price Index [for the] Elderly (CPIE) which if adopted, would lead to a more accurate cost of living adjustment for Social Security beneficiaries.
Event with AARP Michigan. Max Richtman, NCPSSM President and CEO appeared on AARP Michigan’s Real Possibilities TV show along with a representative from the Social Security Administration as part of a public education campaign on Social Security and its solvency. The taped show is scheduled to air on WLNS (Lansing), WLAJ (Jackson), and WOTV (Grand Rapids) on September 19.
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