Although Medicare often comes with high out-of-pocket costs, you might be able to mitigate the hit to your finances by itemizing those medical expenses on…
The number of older Americans who pay federal income tax on their Social Security benefits is rapidly growing, according to recent surveys by TSCL. Twenty-three…
A $1,400 stimulus check for each Social Security recipient is a top legislative goal for TSCL in 2024. While hundreds of thousands of older Americans…
More than two-thirds of older adults participating in TSCL’s latest Retirement Survey say their monthly budget for essential items such as housing, food, and prescription…
The January CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) came in at 2.9%. That’s higher than the inflation trends indicated last…
While this update covers what happened in Washington during January regarding issues important to seniors, it also will report on the upcoming events and issues…
For immediate release: January 16, 2024 Inflation Rate Starts Year Higher than COLA, But Big Drop Ahead Millions of Social Security beneficiaries are facing an…
December 2023 Update
The costs of prescription drugs and working to lower them will be among the top health issues facing the Biden administration in 2024, with Supreme…
According to a report in StatNews, “… the U.S. government spent more on health care last year than the governments of Germany, the U.K., Italy,…