Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA). Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) led 27 colleagues in calling for the immediate implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act, which President Biden signed into law in early January, in a letter sent to Acting SSA Commissioner Michelle King this week.
The new law, which has been decades in the making, provides full Social Security benefits for 3 million public employees who draw public pensions - such as former police and firefighters. However, the new law, which will boost Social Security retirement payments to those public sector retirees will now be delayed.
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