The debt deal that Congress struck with President Obama is prompting questions about how the legislation affects Medicare benefits. Although beneficiaries escaped the cutting knife temporarily,…
About two million low-income seniors are eligible for extra benefits to cover drug costs but are not taking advantage of them, says the Centers for…
New EARLY Deadline For Switching Medicare Plans — December 7th! Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs are one of the biggest expenses you have in retirement. …
Q: I applied for Social Security benefits in March 2007 when I was 62 years old. After a month I found a job. On September…
Will We Get A COLA in 2012? Q: Can I expect a cost of living increase this next year? Something needs to happen! A: Something…
Notch Babies were the group of seniors on the receiving end of major changes to the Social Security benefit formula that Congress enacted in 1977.…
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant Over the past few months, many of us may have felt like Dorothy and Toto trapped in the mythical…
“Chaining” COLAs Still Under Consideration By Mary Johnson The past two years without a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) felt like the government clamped a lid on…
“Chaining” COLAs Still Under Consideration By Mary Johnson The past two years without a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) felt like the government clamped a lid on…
Social Security and Medicare narrowly escaped the bullet, temporarily at least, during the recent battle over lifting the nation’s borrowing limit. Seniors received their Social…