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Yearly Archives: 2021

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Buying Power of Social Security Benefits Plummets in 2021

Soaring inflation has deeply weakened the purchasing power of Social Security benefits in 2021, according to TSCL’s latest update on rising senior costs.  The study,…

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Social Security Benefits to Increase 5.9% for 2022

Social Security recipients will receive a 5.9 % cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) effective January 2022 — the highest in 40 years.  The high COLA comes as…

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Help is Available for Some Kinds of Medical Debt

According to a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, per capita health care spending for the elderly in the US is substantially higher…

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Red Cross Announces Urgent Need for Blood Donors

This is not a legislative issue, but we are giving the information because it could affect many seniors, as well as others, of course. Recently,…

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Will Medicare Improvement Make It?

One potential casualty of the negotiations taking place among the Democrats is an expansion of Medicare that would add dental, vision and hearing benefits. The…

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No End in Site for the Stalemate in Congress

For the last month, at least, we’ve been reporting each week on the fate of attempts by the slim Democratic majorities in Congress to put…

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Update for Week Ending October 16, 2021

No End in Site for the Stalemate in Congress For the last month, at least, we’ve been reporting each week on the fate of attempts…

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5.9% COLA Welcome, Inflation Likely To Continue to Erode Social Security Buying Power in 2022

(Washington, DC) – Retired and disabled Social Security recipients are anxiously looking forward to the largest cost of living adjustment (COLA) since 1982, according to…

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Democrats Still Unable to Agree on how to Lower Drug Prices

Because of unanimous Republican opposition to any current legislation being considered to lower prescription drug prices, all eyes are on the Democrats in both the…

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How Bad are Things in Congress?

This is what the Associated Press says: Congress is an angry place these days. Four years of Trump’s bellicose presidency, the deadly Jan. 6 attack…

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