This week, the House Budget Committee advanced a budget resolution that would reform the Medicare program, and the Senate Aging Committee met to discuss the trajectory of Alzheimer’s disease. In add ...
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This week, lawmakers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee met to discuss the Trump Administration’s “American Patients First” blueprint. In addition, The Senior C ...
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This week, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees released their highly anticipated annual reports on the financial status of the two programs. One congressional subcommittee held a heari ...
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(Washington, DC) – Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the 2018 Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study released today by The Senior Citizens Le ...
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(Washington, DC) – The annual Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) for 2019 could top 3 percent, according to a new estimate released by The Senior Citizens League. A 3 percent COLA wo ...
50 Percent Of Retirees Sa ...
(Washington, DC) – Despite receiving a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2018 — about half of all people age 65 and over report that they received virtually no boost to their net Socia ...
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