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Senate Aging Committee Holds 1st Hearing on Off-Patent Rx Drug Price Spikes
Click HERE for a copy of Senator Collins’ opening statement Click HERE for a copy of Senator McCaskill’ s opening statement Washington, D.C.—The Senate Special... -
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Senate Aging Committee Investigates, Holds 1st Hearing On Off-Patent Rx Drug Price Spikes Titled: Sudden Price Spikes in Off-Patent Drugs: Perspectives from the Front Lines
Washington, D.C.—The Senate Special Committee on Aging, led by Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill, has scheduled the first in a series of hearings the... - Press releases from: November 2015
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Collins, McCaskill Open Senate Investigation into Rx Drug Pricing, Announce Intention to Hold Hearings
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who together lead the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today announced a bipartisan Senate... - Press releases from: September 2015
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Senators Collins, McCaskill Work to Raise Awareness of the Danger Falls Cause Among Seniors
WASHINGTON, DC-- The US Senate has approved a resolution authored by Senate Aging Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill designating September 23,... - Press releases from: July 2015
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Collins, McCaskill Demand Documents From Treasury Department in Contracting Investigation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) this week demanded that the Treasury Department turn over documents on a contract with... - Press releases from: June 2015
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Senators Collins and McCaskill Press to Give Telephone Companies the Ability to do More to Block Unwanted Calls
WASHINGTON, DC—Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Claire McCaskill are calling on the... -
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McCaskill Opens Inquiry into ‘Brain Armor’ and Other Dietary Supplements Targeting Seniors
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Special Committee on Aging, today began an examination of products, regulations, and... -
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Senators Demand Answers on FDA Guidance That Could Restrict Popular Treatment for Macular Degeneration
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) today requested that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) turn over documents supporting new... - Press releases from: May 2015
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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... - Press releases from: April 2015
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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... - Press releases from: March 2015
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Sens. Collins and McCaskill Question Why More Isn't Being Done to Remove Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards
WASHINGTON, DC-- Despite the fact that more than a decade has passed since the Government Accountability Office (GAO) singled out the widespread use of Americans’ Social...
