By Mary Johnson, editor The last time the Medicare Part A Trust Fund (hospital insurance) was forecast to become insolvent was in 2009. At the…
According to TSCL’s 2021 study of typical retiree costs, the average Medicare recipient can expect to spend more than $1,000 per month on healthcare costs…
With unemployment still 5.4%, and less payroll tax revenue to finance the benefits of swelling Social Security rolls, how is the program’s financing faring during…
On Wednesday of last week U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) released discussion draft legislation following a troubling U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report conducted…
According to Bloomberg News, “Senior citizens can expect to see their monthly Medicare costs increase by nearly 5% for prescription drugs in 2022, under projections…
The infrastructure bill being worked on in the Senate this week, one of only issues facing Congress where there is general agreement by both political…
The House of Representatives has recessed for the month of August which means members will be going back home to their districts to meet with…
It’s August – Congress’ Traditional Vacation Month The House of Representatives has recessed for the month of August which means members will be going back…
As we explained last week, the parameters of whatever new health care legislation is passed by Congress this year have been laid out by the…
Last year TSCL supported legislation to stop “surprise billing,” which happened when patients were billed for medical procedures they had thought were covered by their…