Social Security and Medicare Public Trustees Recommend Raising Eligibility Age and Benefit Formula Changes Notes from Jessie Gibbons, TSCL Legislative Analyst On June 3, 2011, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on S ...
Daily Archives: October 4, 2011
Hearings On The Hill
Recently the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing in which panelists gave “Perspectives on Deficit Reduction.” Notes from Jessie Gibbons, TSCL Legislative Analyst Recently the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing ...
Millions Of Oldest & Poorest Senior Citizens Would Receive Compensation Under New Legislation
Alexandria, VA (May 10, 2011) - Millions of the nation's oldest and poorest senior citizens would be compensated for the lower Social Security benefit they've received for more than 30 years under proposed bipartisan leg ...
More Than Four In Ten Seniors Report Lower Social Security Checks
Alexandria, VA (February 17, 2011) Forty-four percent of seniors report they are receiving lower Social Security checks compared to 2010 - even while dealing with significantly higher expenses. The findings are part of ...
Making Work Pay Tax Credit Snares 13.4 Million Taxpayers
TSCL Wants to Know: Did You Wind Up Owing Uncle Sam? More headaches are on the way this tax season. For the second year in a row, the Making Work Pay Tax Credit didn’t work as planned for an estimated 13.4 million ta ...
Social Security Disability Close To Insolvency
An intense battle over Social Security is brewing and TSCL is gearing up for major Congressional action. Recently retired Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan waded back into the fray to tell Congress “Our choices rig ...
Congressional Corner: By Representative Ted Deutch (FL)
Representing South Florida in Congress, I regularly hold town meetings with retirees. Inevitably, the first question from the crowd is one I often ask myself, “Why are folks in Washington lying about Social Security?” ...
Senior Citizens League Opposes Use Of Social Security Funds For Tax Cut (Press Release)
March 14, 2001, Alexandria, VA-`The TREA Senior Citizens League adamantly opposes any efforts to tap the Social Security Trust Fund to pay for any new or continuing programs-including a tax cut,` said George Smith, chair ...
Social Security Pays Fugitives $30 Million Annually
Anthony Cummings, a fugitive on the run from a child rape indictment in Georgia, improperly collected thousands of dollars in Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI) payments until the law finally caught up with him. T ...
Private Medicare Plans Too Costly Congress Told
Private Medicare Advantage health plans cost too much and are forcing the government and seniors to pay more than they would for traditional Medicare, Congress was recently told. Lawmakers are taking a closer look at th ...
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