The '''National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)''' is an 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 (isbn ISBN 9781305175785), page 274.</ref> 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>
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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