What They Are Saying Executive Director's Note Advocates Network Executive Director and President Board of Directors NCSC has always supported Medicare. NCSC was founded in 1961 in the struggle to enact Medicare. While other senior citizen organizations opposed Medicare in 1965, NCSC led the charge to win quality health care coverage for every older American. NCSC is a democratic organization. While some other senior organizations have their policies dictated by an elite staff in Washington, D.C., NCSC is governed by officers democratically elected by its membership.
Elections take place every four years.
NCSC has a grass roots structure second to none. With its 2,000 clubs and councils , NCSC is able to quickly mobilize the senior citizen community in the field. NCSC's primary source of income is membership dues, not residuals paid by commercial benefit providers. While NCSC provides real benefits to its membership, the organization's primary mission is not the sale of goods or services, but the defense of core senior citizen programs such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act. NCSC's primary source of income is membership dues, not residuals or endorsement fees from the sales of products or services.