Will It Work? New Program Hopes To Lower Costs Of Caring For Low-Income Seniors An experimental new program will affect the healthcare coverage of low-income seniors…
By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Since 1990, Medicare has been considered a high-risk program due to its complexity and its susceptibility to fraud, waste, and…
By Representative Gloria Negrete McLeod (CA-35) Social Security is a promise our country must keep. If you work and pay into the system, you should have…
Having Trouble Paying for Veterinary Care For Your Pet? By Mary Johnson If you own a pet and have been to the vet lately, the…
What Happened To My Higher Retirement Benefit? Q: When my husband and I were planning the timing on our Social Security benefits, our financial advisor suggested…
This week, Members of one Senate Appropriations Subcommittee approved a spending bill that would fund the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs through fiscal year…
Where Can I Get Help With What Medicare Doesn’t Cover? Q: I’m new to Medicare. I didn’t realize that Medicare doesn’t cover eye or hearing exams…
Seniors have lost 31% of the buying power of their Social Security benefits since 2000, according to TSCL’s 2014 Survey of Senior Costs. The findings are…
This week, Members of the Senate voted to confirm Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).…
If signed into law, the Fair Raises for Seniors Act would adopt the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) for the purpose of determining…