“Official” Poverty Measure Undercounts The Number Of Older Americans Living In Poverty By Arthur Cooper, Board Chairman An alternate measure of inflation, the Supplemental Poverty…
By Mary Johnson, editor It’s hard to plan your optimal retirement age without a realistic idea of what to expect in lifetime Social Security income.…
The largest share of participants in TSCL’s 2018 Senior Survey, 43%, say that medical expenses were their fastest rising cost in 2017. Just medications alone…
About half of participants in TSCL’s 2018 Senior Survey confirm that, after the deduction for their rising Medicare Part B premiums in 2018, they were…
This week, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) released its annual “Loss of Buying Power” study, which found that Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent…
This week, the House Budget Committee advanced a budget resolution that would reform the Medicare program, and the Senate Aging Committee met to discuss the…
(Washington, DC) – Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the 2018 Social Security Loss of Buying Power…
2018 Loss of Buying Power Report
This week, lawmakers on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee met to discuss the Trump Administration’s “American Patients First” blueprint. In addition,…
This week, the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees released their highly anticipated annual reports on the financial status of the two programs. One…