News From the Office of Senator Claire McCaskill (MO) In a recent Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill questioned medical and…
Start Now! By Mary Johnson TSCL has received a growing volume of email from seniors who say their new Part D or Medicare Advantage plan…
COLA Announcement Expected Soon By Mary Johnson Next year seniors will pay a standard monthly Part B premium of $96.40. The Centers for Medicare and…
TSCL Supports Low-Income Medicare Provisions, Bush Threatens Veto The House recently passed legislation that could help millions of seniors. The Children’s Health and Medicare Protection…
By Representative Charlie Wilson (OH) Early in the summer, I spent an afternoon at one of two critical access hospitals in my district in Southeastern…
New regulatory threats, some at the urging of the pharmaceutical industry, could make it impossible for seniors to purchase certain products like vitamins and minerals…
By Representative Patrick Murphy (PA) Within the first 100 hours of being sworn in I was proud to fulfill a campaign promise by voting to…
Better Medicare Consumer Protections Are Needed, Says TSCL Unsuspecting seniors have wound up in private health plans and discovered – too late – high, unexpected costs. Frequently,…