Q: When my husband passed away several years ago in 2013, I wasn’t working. I claimed a Social Security widow’s benefit based on his account that year at the age 62, receiving $1,420 per month. When I started my benefit ...
Daily Archives: September 26, 2017
Best Ways to Save: September/October 2017
Six Home Modifications That Can Help You Age In Place Eighty percent of older Americans plan to age in their own homes, making some remodeling necessary to keep homes safe and accessible. While home modifications can ...
Benefit Bulletin: September/October 2017
What Your Member Of Congress Might Try To Tell You About The COLA Don’t be surprised if you hear your Member of Congress say that the Social Security cost–of–living adjustment (COLA) is too high — and that you are ov ...
Fraud And Abuse Are Costing Medicare — (And You Too!)
The federal government made more than $16 billion in erroneous payments to Medicare Advantage health plans last year. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently testified that nearly 10% of payments to Medi ...
Social Security Forecast: 1.8%-2% COLA
Social Security recipients can expect a cost–of–living adjustment (COLA) of about 1.8%-2% starting in January, according to a new TSCL estimate. That continues a trend of extremely low COLA growth over the past five year ...
Ask The Advisor: September/October 2017
Q: I take 7 prescription drugs every month including one very expensive brand name drug. I just received a notice that my drug plan will be increasing the co-insurance for that drug in 2018, and the premium is going up ...
House Budget Resolution Takes Aim At Social Security & Medicare
Mary Johnson, Editor President Trump’s campaign promise not to touch Social Security or Medicare may be on its way to the dumpster. The President’s own party has released a House budget resolution containing a bu ...
Congressional Corner: Legislation Would Help People With Lou Gehrig’s Disease
Rep. Seth Moulton (MA-6) I want to share with you a cause that I have taken on in Congress that has touched my life through my friend, Pete Frates. Pete, a resident of my district, was diagnosed with ALS in 2012 whe ...
Legislative Update: September/October 2017
“Patients Are Getting Hammered” By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Earlier this year, lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced the Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act (S. 771, H.R. 177 ...
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