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| − | The '''National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)''' is | + | The '''National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)''' is a [[liberal]] advocacy group seeking to preserve [[Social Security]] and [[Medicare]] in its present government-run forms. |
| − | Through its [[political action committee]] the Committee openly supports Democratic Party candidates and opposes Republican Party candidates.<ref> http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending-2012/committee/national-committee-to-preserve-social-security-m/C00172296/</ref> As such it has supported passage of the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref> http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/06/29/seniors-win-big-in-courts-obamacare-ruling </ref> and opposed the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and the Republican Party's efforts to reform Social Security in 2005.<ref> Morone, James and Ehlke, Dan, Health Politics and Policy, 2014, publisher Cengage Learning ( | + | Through its [[political action committee]] the Committee openly supports Democratic Party candidates and opposes Republican Party candidates.<ref> http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending-2012/committee/national-committee-to-preserve-social-security-m/C00172296/</ref> As such it has supported passage of the [[Affordable Care Act]].<ref> http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/06/29/seniors-win-big-in-courts-obamacare-ruling </ref> and opposed the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and the Republican Party's efforts to reform Social Security in 2005.<ref> Morone, James and Ehlke, Dan, Health Politics and Policy, 2014, publisher Cengage Learning (ISBN 9781305175785), page 274.</ref> |
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| + | In addition, the Committee attempted to scam members and potential supporters by offering, for $10, to send a printout of a person's Social Security records, notwithstanding that any person can obtain his/her records free from the Social Security Administration. The organization eventually halted this appeal.<ref> Gilmour, John, Strategic Disagreement: Stalemate in American Politics, 1995, publisher University of Pittsburgh Press (isbn=9780822971696), page 179.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:52, July 20, 2019
The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM) is a liberal advocacy group seeking to preserve Social Security and Medicare in its present government-run forms.
Through its political action committee the Committee openly supports Democratic Party candidates and opposes Republican Party candidates.[1] As such it has supported passage of the Affordable Care Act.[2] and opposed the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 and the Republican Party's efforts to reform Social Security in 2005.[3]
In addition, the Committee attempted to scam members and potential supporters by offering, for $10, to send a printout of a person's Social Security records, notwithstanding that any person can obtain his/her records free from the Social Security Administration. The organization eventually halted this appeal.[4]
References
- ↑ http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending-2012/committee/national-committee-to-preserve-social-security-m/C00172296/
- ↑ http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-best-life/2012/06/29/seniors-win-big-in-courts-obamacare-ruling
- ↑ Morone, James and Ehlke, Dan, Health Politics and Policy, 2014, publisher Cengage Learning (ISBN 9781305175785), page 274.
- ↑ Gilmour, John, Strategic Disagreement: Stalemate in American Politics, 1995, publisher University of Pittsburgh Press (isbn=9780822971696), page 179.
