The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of March 2023 March turned out to be a very busy month for issues Seniors are concerned about. We have reports about Social Security and Medicar ...
Daily Archives: April 4, 2023
Major Drug Companies Announce Lower Insulin Prices
As people in the United States struggle to access affordable insulin, the big three drug corporations that manufacture insulin have repeatedly and sharply raised prices and aggressively sought to extend lucrative product ...
Senate Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Combat Rising Prescription Drug Prices
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has recently passed the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act to increase transparency in prescription drug pricing and hold pharmacy benefit m ...
Controversy over Medicare Advantage Overpayments Continues
In our February update, we told you that according to federal audits, eight of the ten biggest Medicare Advantage insurers — representing more than two-thirds of the market — have deliberately overcharged Medicare for th ...
New Estimates Released on Medicare Solvency
Each year the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees release a report about the financial health of both Medicare and Social Security. The good news is that Medicare’s hospital insurance trust fund, which helps ...