Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (FL-21) and Peter Roskam (IL-6) introduced the Stop Schemes and Crimes Against Medicare and Seniors Act (Stop SCAMS Act) of 2014. The bipartisan bill seeks to prevent Medicare fraud by requiring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to verify that a provider enrolling in the program does not have a record of defrauding Medicare in a previous practice. Additionally, the Stop SCAMS Act would encourage private sector insurance companies to incre... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21), who earlier this week joined 117 colleagues in urging the Obama Administration to reject the Chained-CPI, issued this statement on the President's decision to drop the misguided policy from his Fiscal Year 2015 budget: "​I applaud President Obama for drafting a budget that does not include cutting Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments, which are incredibly meager already and too often non-existent. This is a victory for the many seniors I represent who rely... Read more

Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans. U.S. Census data indicates that even as health care, education and housing costs have soared, average working families earn less today than they did in 1989. The National Retirement Security Institute's recent analysis of Federal Reserve data revealed that Americans are at least $6.6 trillion short of what they need to retire securely. A staggering 80 percent of working households have less than a year's earnings put away, and 40 ... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch released this statement in reaction to the announcement that Social Security beneficiaries would receive just a 1.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2014: "For the nearly two-thirds of American retirees who rely on Social Security for a majority of their income, a cost-of-living increase of just $17 a month is worrisome and frustrating. Such a meager COLA is also bad news for our economy at large, as a more robust increase to the 54 million Americans who rely on... Read more

Congressman Ted Deutch has signed on as an original cosponsor of the Elder Protection and Abuse Prevention Act (H.R. 3090). This legislation will strengthen local and state programs to better protect seniors from abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and increase resources available to seniors to report and respond to these abuses. Florida’s 21st district is home to many seniors and retirees, who deserve the utmost respect and access to the resources they need. The Elder Protection and Abuse Prevent... Read more

As a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, Congressman Ted Deutch (FL-21) signed on as an original cosponsor of H.R. 3050, the Social Security Equality Act of 2013. This bill would amend the Social Security Act in order to enable same-sex couples in relationships recognized by their state of residence to receive federal Social Security benefits. These benefits include spousal, survivor, and death benefits, as well as parental benefits if they have children. Like every other American,... Read more

To better protect seniors from financial fraud designed to target their assets, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), Congressman Vern Buchanan (R-FL), and Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT) have introduced the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. This bipartisan legislation would establish an advisory office within the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Affairs to better protect seniors from fraudulent investment plans and asset management offers; sweepstakes and charity scams; and telem... Read more

This Sunday, April 28th, Congressman Ted Deutch will host a free screening of the documentary film A Place at the Table. The film examines the issue of hunger in America by telling the story of three people struggling with food insecurity. In America fifty million people—including one in four children—don’t know where their next meal will come from, and when they do, it is often unhealthy and lacking in nutrition. Floridians experience food insecurity at a rate 16.2% higher than the national ave... Read more

This Sunday, April 28th, Congressman Ted Deutch will host a free screening of the documentary film A Place at the Table. The film examines the issue of hunger in America by telling the story of three people struggling with food insecurity. In America fifty million people—including one in four children—don’t know where their next meal will come from, and when they do, it is often unhealthy and lacking in nutrition. Floridians experience food insecurity at a rate 16.2% higher than the national ave... Read more

Washington, April 19 – Earlier this month President Obama released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014 including a shift to the so-called “chained” Consumer Price Index, a new cost-of-living adjustment formula that would slow cost-of-living increases, which would cut the annual benefits of seniors and veterans by thousands of dollars each year. Yesterday, Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL) and Congressman Daniel B. Maffei (D-NY) and thirty-eight of their House colleagues sent a letter to Preside... Read more