the witnesses that we have here today 18 with the first panel before us 19 Stephanie Kanwit is a Senior Health Care Consultant in20 Washington D C who currently serves as Special...

people including the Chairman of this Committee about the importance the Statement plays in helping seniors plan for retirement We took those concerns very seriously and we...

highlighting the importance of Social Security and laying out the sobering statistics about how many seniors rely heavily on these benefits in retirement About a quarter of married...

county and a process that deeply frustrated and angered our rural community filled with low income senior citizens It s been three months since our field office has shut down I am...

eliminated a variety of in person services as it attempts to keep up with rising workloads and shift seniors and others online to conduct their business Committee staff has spent...

woods wages worked for years ago equal a very small Social Security check today As a result many seniors face the issue of being at or below poverty level They can t afford a...

beneficiaries over the next 11 years This is completely unrealistic The fact of the matter is millions of seniors and disabled Americans are not accustomed to doing business online...

1 Testimony of Patricia Neuman Sc D Director Program on Medicare Policy and Senior Vice President The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation U S Senate Special Committee on Aging Income...

retirement isn t golden These are our senior citizens who if they are single try to meet daily expenses on an income that is a little more than 10 000 a year These are our senior...

still connected Public and private programs provide critically needed help to millions of vulnerable seniors But for some the help falls short of their needs or they fall through...