This week, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee held a two-day hearing on the future of Medicare’s flawed sustainable growth rate (SGR) formula. House…
If signed into law, H.R. 314 would allow Notch victims born between the years 1917 and 1926 to choose between four lump sum payments totaling…
Beneficiaries received a 1.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) this month, making 2015 the sixth year of exceptionally low COLA growth. With the average monthly Social Security…
Month after month, year after year, unbeknownst to most of the public, thousands of people with no Social Security number are receiving Social Security benefits.…
By Mary Johnson Anyone who has spent time in the hospital knows the feeling of shock at how short the stays have become. Hospitalizations more…
Is The Government Manipulating COLAs? Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) have languished at exceptionally low levels in recent years. Administration officials and economists point to the sluggish…
TSCL Gears Up For Busy New Year By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant After a much-anticipated mid-term election and an active “lame duck” session on Capitol…
By Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) Over five million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, and each year thousands more are diagnosed with this painful,…
Gino Grosso Speaks Out On the COLA “Seniors need to get organized,” says Gino Grosso of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Too many feel they can’t do anything…
Q: I turn 65 in two months. I recently received my Medicare card and a letter stating that I might be eligible for Extra Help…