It turns out that our update this week could be called the “fight to reduce the costs of drugs” update.  The major news last week was all about the high costs of drugs and actions being taken to lower them. As TSCL su ...

President’s Budget Leaves out Plans for Lowering Drug Prices Last week we reported that President Biden’s FY 2022 budget proposal was not expected to included specific legislative proposals for lowering drug prices or ...

President Will Not Propose Lowering Drug Prices in His Budget When he ran for President last year Joe Biden made fixing health care, including Medicare and Medicaid, part of his campaign.  Since becoming President, he ...

Congress Considers Medicare Advantage Pre-Approval Legislation According to a report from Modern Healthcare, Congress is considering changes to Medicare Advantage that would “crack down on prior authorization tactics ...

New Bills Regarding Medicare/Social Security Benefits Introduced in Congress The following legislation of interest to TSCL and our supporters has been introduced recently in Congress.  Unfortunately, there is no addit ...

Fight Over Surprise Billing Regulations in Washington Last year TSCL joined the fight to end “surprise billing,” a practice that generally refers to expensive, unexpected medical bills that patients receive from hospi ...

Here’s the Place to Start Strengthening Social Security Funding and Benefits Shannon Benton, Executive Director Can we strengthen Social Security’s financing in such a way that we can also provide a modest boost in ...

President Biden Signs Bill to Delay Medicare Payment Cuts Last Wednesday President Biden signed legislation temporarily halting cuts to Medicare providers that would likely have had a negative impact on seniors who r ...

Fully Vaccinated? Anxious to start traveling again?  Here’s important news for you. Congress is out of session until April 12, but we have important news regarding updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control ...