SANDRA WISE for NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Retirement RET
Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment for 2010 Replacement Benefit. H.R. 3536, H.R. 3672, H.R. 3597, H.R. 4429, S. 1685. Provision providing a one-time, emergency benefit to seniors and persons with disabilities to compensate for the lack of a 2010 Social Security cost of living adjustment. Tax Extenders Act, H.R. 4213, S.Amdt.3353: provision provides an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons with disabilities to compensate for the lack of a 2010 Social Security cost-of-living adjustment. Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment. H.R. 3557, H.R. 3572: providing for a Social Security COLA in 2010. Seniors' Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). H.R. 1371/ H.R. 2429, H.R. 2365, H.R. 4193: provisions establishing a consumer price index for elderly consumers (CPI-E) to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits; authorizing a cost-of living-adjustment for Social Security recipients in 2010 . Social Security Privatization. H.R. 107, H.R. 4529: provisions converting Social Security is a system of private investment accounts. Social Security Trust Funds. H.R. 1276, S. 86, H.R. 219, H.R. 1712: provisions removing Social Security Trust Fund receipts and disbursements from the federal budget baseline, limiting Trust Fund proceeds to OASDI purposes, and prohibiting the use of Social Security payroll tax monies for private accounts. Social Security Benefits. S. 426: requiring progressive indexing and longevity indexing of Social Security old-age insurance benefits. Social Security Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). S. 484, H. R. 235: repealing both the GPO and WEP; S. 490, H. R. 1221: repealing the WEP. Older Workers/Workforce Participation. S. 502: promoting the labor force participation of older Americans.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| SANDRA WISE | — |
Medicare/Medicaid MMM
Medicare/Part B Premium Hold Harmless. H.R. 3631: Provisions extending the current "hold harmless" policy to all Medicare enrollees to ensure 2010 Part B monthly premiums remain at the current rate. Medicare/Private Contracts. H.R. 164: prohibiting denial of Social Security benefits to persons who elect not to participate in Medicare. Medicare/Disability Benefits. S. 700/H.R. 1708, H.R. 2881: phasing-out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits and eliminating the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions. Medicare/Part D Premiums. H.R. 1832: limiting Part D premium increases to no more than the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| SANDRA WISE | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Fiscal Year 2010 Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations. H.R. 3293: provisions pertaining to funding the Social Security Administration. H.J. Res 45, National Debt Ceiling, S.Amdt. 3302 to S.Amdt. 3299: provision establishing a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action. National Debt Ceiling, H.R. 4314: provisions pertaining to the creation of a commission to examine long-term fiscal imbalances facing the nation. Entitlement Commission/Fiscal Commission. S. 276, S. 1056, S. 2853, H.R. 311, H.R. 1557, H.R. 3326, H.R. 3170, H.R. 4249, H.R. 4314: provisions establishing commissions to review and report to the President and Congress on entitlement benefit program solvency, including the Social Security and Medicare programs, and to report to the President and Congress recommendations with proposed legislative language.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| SANDRA WISE | — |
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