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 ...
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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 ...
Social Security Administration to Stop Mailing Paper Checks
By Alex Moore On March 25th, President Trump issued a new executive order that requires the Federal government to stop issuing paper checks for Federal payments, including benefits payments. The change will take effe ...
Social Security Administration Announces New Identity Verification Requirements
By Alex Moore Starting April 14th, the Social Security Administration (SSA) requires individuals who cannot access their online my Social Security accounts to complete an in-person identity verification process at a ...
Veterans and Medicare
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent Many veterans are unaware that they can be eligible for Medicare Advantage benefits, provided they have both Medicare Part A and Part B. This is important because while the ...
Congressional Corner: We Must Protect and Expand Social Security for Today and Tomorrow
By Congresswoman Val Hoyle (OR-04) In Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, we have more Social Security recipients than 87 percent of Congressional districts nationwide. When I was back home in Oregon, I held nin ...
Organizational Transformation Underway at Social Security Administration
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL Since the Trump administration assumed leadership at the start of 2025, it has pushed for a sweeping transformation of the federal government. That extends to the Social Security Admi ...
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