Hearings Over Controversial Healthcare “Cutting” Board Notes from Jessie Gibbons, TSCL Legislative Analyst Recently the House Budget Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee both held hearings on the con ...
Daily Archives: October 25, 2011
Hearings On The Hill
Hearings Over Controversial Healthcare “Cutting” Board Notes from Jessie Gibbons, TSCL Legislative Analyst Recently the House Budget Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee both held hearings on the contro ...
Congressional Corner: By US Representative Dennis A. Ross (FL – 12)
The following is an op-ed by U.S. Representative Dennis A. Ross (FL-12) and does not necessarily reflect the views of TSCL. By US Representative Dennis A. Ross (FL - 12) One thing we know for certain about the gr ...
How Is The Senior Citizens League Different From AARP?
Earlier this year, a Congressional report referred to the AARP as a “massive for-profit enterprise” whose financial structure “conflicts with its legal requirements to ‘primarily operate to promote the common good and so ...
FAQ: How Are Medicare Benefits Impacted By The New Debt Deal?
The debt deal that Congress struck with President Obama is prompting questions about how the legislation affects Medicare benefits. Although beneficiaries escaped the cutting knife temporarily, a new bipartisan joint com ...
Best Ways to Save: Two Million Seniors Missing Out On Help With Drug Costs
About two million low-income seniors are eligible for extra benefits to cover drug costs but are not taking advantage of them, says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare beneficiaries who qualify for ...
Are You Paying Too Much For Your Medicare Health & Drug Plan?
New EARLY Deadline For Switching Medicare Plans — December 7th! Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs are one of the biggest expenses you have in retirement. Seniors routinely spend one-third or even more of thei ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: October 2011
Q: I applied for Social Security benefits in March 2007 when I was 62 years old. After a month I found a job. On September of 2007, I called Social Security to stop payment of my benefits because I was earning over the ...
Ask The Advisor: October 2011
Will We Get A COLA in 2012? Q: Can I expect a cost of living increase this next year? Something needs to happen! A: Something does need to happen. Seniors haven’t received any cost of living adjustment (COLA) ov ...
Benefit Bulletin: October 2011
Notch Babies were the group of seniors on the receiving end of major changes to the Social Security benefit formula that Congress enacted in 1977. Retirees born from 1917 through 1926 received lower Social Security benef ...
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