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Daily Archives: August 10, 2016
How Social Security Website May Be Locking Out People It Aims To Protect
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Access to Social Security Online Requires Text Code
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Social Security Administration Steps Up Privacy Protections
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Social Security Benefits Lose 23% of Buying Power
Rising household costs and record low cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in recent years are eroding the buying power of more than 57 million Social Security recipients. In fact, Social Security benefits have lost 23% o ...
The Big Issue: High Prescription Drug Costs
Eighty-five percent of older voters think Medicare should be allowed to negotiate drug prices, like it does for all other medical services, according to TSCL’s 2016 Senior Survey. Prescription drugs are one of the faste ...
As 65th Birthday Nears, Phone Rings With Medicare Robocalls
Mary Johnson, editor Next month I turn 65, start Medicare and my expensive Obamacare health plan ends. Happy day!!! For the past two years my health plan premiums were almost as much as my mortgage payments. This yea ...
Shopping for Medicare Coverage For The First Time?
What you don’t know about Medicare supplements (Medigap) or Medicare Advantage plans could cost you dearly. The system is rigged in favor of Medicare insurers, and consumers often have little idea what they will need or ...
Benefit Bulletin: August 2016
78% Of Older Voters Support Strengthening Social Security By Raising Payroll Taxes Voters have opposed benefit cuts in the past as a way to fix Social Security. But TSCL’s new 2016 Senior Survey found that older voter ...
Legislative Update: August 2016
Questions To Ask The Candidates At Your Next Town Hall By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Congress has adjourned for a month-long recess and, with the November elections looming, many lawmakers will be holding to ...