We've reported in previous weeks about H.R. 3, the legislation in the House of Representatives being referred to as the 'Pelosi bill.' It is the top bill in the House, authored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), ...
Daily Archives: November 22, 2019
Q & A: December 2019
Q: I take a brand name drug that costs more than $400 per month in 2019 and I have a co-pay of $47. In 2019, I hit the Part D coverage gap. Can you tell me how much I would have to pay in the Part D doughnut hole next ...
Best Ways To Save: December 2019
Plan Ahead To Avoid This IRA Tax Trap If you are close to age 70, and own one or more retirement accounts, start planning ahead to manage required minimum distributions (RMD). Even when you are taking a distribution ...
Ask the Advisor: December 2019
My Mom Is Applying For Assisted Living: Why Must She Agree To Mandatory Arbitration? Q: I’m helping my mother shop for an assisted living facility. She’s considering one within reasonable driving distance, but a cl ...
Congressional Corner: To Stay Healthy And Enjoy Retirement Means Protecting Earned Benefits and Cutting Drug Prices
By Representative Josh Harder, (CA-10) My parents are entering retirement age just like thousands of people across the Valley. I care deeply about making sure they receive all of the benefits they’ve earned and that ...
Legislative Update: December 2019
Payroll Taxes A Sticking Point in Social Security “Boost Bill” By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Legislation that would boost Social Security benefits and restore Social Security’s solvency has been under debat ...
Benefit Bulletin: December 2019
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand Private Medicare Plans By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board President Trump recently signed an executive order intended to change Medicare by expanding the role of ...
Medicare Has a Tele-Scam Problem
Telephone scammers are bilking Medicare out of billions of dollars, and bombarding millions of older U.S. consumers with multiple daily automated phone calls for everything from “free” back braces to genetic tests. Whil ...
Legislation To Lower Drug Costs Moving In House And Senate
Pharmaceutical companies and their allies are pouring millions of dollars into advertising fighting legislation in Congress that would lower U.S. drug costs. The ads portray legislative efforts in Congress, as “foreign ...
The CPI-E Would Pay a 1.9% COLA Versus The 1.6% You Are Actually Getting
By Mary Johnson, editor How much would your Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) be worth if it was more accurately based on your spending patterns as a retiree? Social Security legislation under debate i ...
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