Republicans Move to Guarantee Social Security and Medicare Benefits

Income thresholds don’t go up with inflation, despite the fact that Social Security benefits rise each year and people are generally earning more money than they did in the past. Dreamstime/TNS

House Republicans have introduced legislation to guarantee Social Security and Medicare benefit payments will continue even if the U.S. debt limit is reached, and to state that Social Security should be preserved for generations to come.

Both bills were introduced on Feb. 8 and come amid a dispute with President Joe Biden over his characterization of Republicans as favoring cuts to the popular benefit programs.