--- title: Could the U.S. Senate actually sunset Medicare and Social Security? description: The AWF Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Richard Fiesta of The Alliance for Retired Americans joined us on today’s show image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/ARA-Featured-Image-Red.jpg --- Season 3, Episode 98 # Could the U.S. Senate actually sunset Medicare and Social Security? [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) May 20, 2022 [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Legislative Action](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/legislative-action) [Government Affairs and Policy](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/government-affairs-and-policy) [The Alliance for Retired Americans](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/the-alliance-for-retired-americans) ![ARA-Blog-Image](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ARA-Blog-Image.png?width=407&name=ARA-Blog-Image.png)   Guest Name: --- Richard Fiesta Guest Website: --- [https://retiredamericans.org/](https://retiredamericans.org/) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/retiredamericans/) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/ActiveRetirees) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/RetiredAmericans) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alliance-for-retired-american) Supportive Documents: --- The Alliance for Retired Americans Executive Director Richard Fiesta joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed an 11-Point Plan by U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) that could sunset Social Security and Medicare after five years. Under Scott’s proposed plan, Congress would be required to renew Social Security and Medicare every five years or absolve the programs.  Fiesta also talked about upcoming legislation from U.S. Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) that would raise the cap on the amount of Social security tax the wealthiest Americans pay and the fact that May is Older Americans month, which was first proclaimed by President Kennedy in 1963. Listen to the entire episode to learn more about these topics. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. 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