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Monthly Archives: November 2018

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Legislative Update for Week Ending November 30, 2018

This week, House and Senate lawmakers returned to Washington to resume the “lame duck” session of Congress and continued working towards a deal to keep…

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Tax Cuts to Expire Affects People With the Highest Healthcare Costs

(Washington, DC) – One of the first tax cuts to expire under the recent tax law is likely to disproportionately affect older taxpayers and others…

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List of Expiring Federal Tax Provisions

List of Expiring Federal Tax Provisions

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Legislative Update for Week Ending November 23, 2018

This week, House and Senate lawmakers left Washington for a week-long holiday recess. They are expected to return to Capitol Hill on Monday to resume…

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Legislative Update for Week Ending November 16, 2018

This week, House and Senate lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill to begin the “lame duck” session. In addition, The Senior Citizens League saw two key…

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Medicare Recipients Can Be Denied Supplemental Medigap Coverage

(Washington, DC)  Older adults who are considering dropping their Medicare Advantage plan to return to “traditional” Medicare and a supplemental Medigap policy are urged to…

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Legislative Update for Week Ending November 9, 2018

This week, voters went to the polls to cast their votes in the midterm elections. House and Senate lawmakers are expected to return to Capitol…

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How the Medicare Part B Premium Increase Will Affect Benefits in 2019

The Social Security Administration recently announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will raise benefits by 2.8% for 2019.  The average retirement benefit of $1,400…

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Medicare Part D Coverage Gap Closes In 2019

While little progress was made this year to lower overall drug costs, some changes made by the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA) of 2018 are helping…

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Rx for Surprise Medical Bills?

By Mary Johnson, editor After 44-year old Drew Calver had a heart attack last year, his health plan paid nearly $56,000 for a four-day emergency…

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