This week, the House Budget Committee met to discuss retirement security in America, and The Senior Citizens League saw three key Social Security bills gain…
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(Washington, DC) Social Security benefits have lost 33 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the latest Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study…
This week, The Senior Citizens League saw support grow for three key bills that would strengthen and improve the Social Security and Medicare programs if…
This week, lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill following a two-week spring recess, and one member of The Senior Citizens League’s (TSCL’s) Board of Trustees visited…
By Congressman John Garamendi (CA-3) Social Security benefits and cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) specifically, have not kept up with inflation. Americans everywhere agree: Social Security is…
The idea that Social Security benefits should be modestly boosted, with an across-the-board benefit increase and a more generous cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment, is getting some…
The federal government shutdown that occurred from midnight December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019, was the longest in U.S. history. It was so disruptive…
When You Can’t Afford Your Prescription Drug Costs, Apply for “Extra Help” Rick Delaney, Chairman, TSCL The high cost of prescription drugs has been the…
By Mary Johnson, editor This may be difficult to believe, but consumer price index data suggests that the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for…