By Daisy Brown, TSCL Legislative Liaison          It’s been two years since prices started a stratospheric climb in 2021 at a pace that hasn’t been seen in more than 40 years. Although Social Security recipients rece ...

Edward Cates, Chairman of the Board, TSCL It’s one of our biggest pet peeves, and a lot of you share it — the taxation of our Social Security benefits. In fact, 57% of participants in recent TSCL surveys report that t ...

Waste, fraud, and abuse is estimated to have cost Medicare $47 billion in 2022 according to a report from the U.S Government Accountability Office. That’s an astonishing $721 for every Medicare beneficiary. Since benefic ...

The chance of problems affecting the timely funding of Social Security benefits appears to be growing this year. The Republican majority in the House pushed through a new set of rules which would make it harder to raise ...

By Mary Johnson, Editor Some financial experts theorize that retirees can look forward to an improvement in buying power this year. As the rate of inflation falls, that should mean the buying power of Social Security ...

By Mary Johnson, Editor Concern is growing that Social Security benefits could be affected by negotiations over lifting the federal debt limit later this year. Sound familiar? Many of you have heard it before. The str ...

According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate among older Americans grew during 2020 to 2021. Seniors were the only age group to experience an increase in poverty. The share of older adults in the U ...

Older Americans can look forward to a few modest wins on reducing healthcare costs this year. Congress enacted legislation that lowers some prescription drug costs, particularly a $35 per month, per insulin prescription ...

Edward Cates, Chairman of the Board, TSCL Your participation in our online surveys drew widespread attention in 2022. Journalists used the findings of our surveys to publicize our growing concern that inflation has pu ...

By Daisy Brown, TSCL Legislative Liaison How have you fared through the past year of record inflation? Karen K. of FL recently told us, “My income has been stretched to the limit. I no longer have the little extra dol ...