By Alex Moore Ageism. It’s a nasty word about a nasty phenomenon: Discriminating against people due to nothing more than how many years they’ve spent on earth. We often hear about it in the workplace. However, ageism ...
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Best Ways to Save: Audit Your Subscriptions
By Alex Moore The average American spends approximately $1,080 per year on subscriptions, with around $200 allocated to subscriptions that they don’t even use. That’s according to the 2nd Annual Subscription Survey, a ...
Other Insurance and Medicare
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent When you have other insurance (like a group health plan, retiree health, or Medicaid) in addition to Medicare, it’s essential to know the rules for whether Medicare or your o ...
FBI Puts a Stop to $227 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
By Alex Moore According to court documents and an FBI press release, the defendants are accused of submitting false claims to Medicare for the reimbursement of over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits, which were supposedl ...
New TSCL Research Shows How Much We Need Social Security
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL According to a new study published by TSCL this June, 21.8 million seniors, or approximately 39 percent of the 55.8 million seniors counted in the 2020 Census, depend on Social Security ...
Medicare Advantage Terminology
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent When I speak with Medicare beneficiaries, I notice a lot of confusion around the meaning of certain words and phrases related to Medicare Advantage plans. Let’s clear a few t ...
Withholding on Overpaid Benefits Increases to 50% in a Blow to Seniors
By Alex Moore Getting overpaid on your Social Security benefits might sound like a nice surprise, but it can create a challenging situation. Even if you didn’t notice the overpayment, you’re on the hook to return the ...
Social Security Administration Rolls Out 3 New Changes to Reduce Fraud
By Alex Moore In the last few months, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has prioritized reducing fraud, waste, and abuse. That’s government speak for cutting inefficiency and corruption. Recently, the agency ha ...
New TSCL Study Finds Deep Dissatisfaction With Social Security Benefits
By Alex Moore According to the 2020 Decennial Census, the government estimated that the U.S. population includes about 55.8 million seniors. A new study from TSCL, the 2025 Senior Survey, estimates that 39 percent of ...
Benefits Bulletin: 5 Ways the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” Could Affect Seniors
By Edward Cates. Chairman, TSCL In recent months, few pieces of legislation have generated as much attention—or as much controversy—as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” or OBBB for short, which President Trump signed ...
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