5 Common Complaints About Medicare Advantage Plans And What Can Be Done About Them Medicare Advantage plans are a popular choice for 48% of all Medicare beneficiaries — many of whom select their plan out of the need ...
Legislative Update: November 2022
Changes That Older Americans Support To Strengthen Social Security Benefits By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison No matter what their party leaning, older voters share some clear legislative priorities for Congress. ...
Benefit Bulletin: November 2022
Will The Social Security Benefits of One in Five Older Adults Become Taxable For First Time In 2022? By Edward Cates, Chairman of the Board, TSCL About one-out-of-five Social Security recipients whose incomes are s ...
21% Of Medicare Beneficiaries Have Applied For Extra Help With Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs— Here’s How That Could Change.
Mary Johnson, Editor About one in five Medicare beneficiaries (21%) who participated in TSCL’s Senior Priority Plan Survey conducted from May - July, report that they filed an application for Medicare Extra Help over ...
How Will Prescription Drug Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act Affect Your Drug Costs in 2023?
Medicare will start negotiating drug prices starting in 2023, as implementation of drug provisions in the newly enacted Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) gets underway, but savings will come gradually over several years. ...
Social Security COLA In 2023 Will Be 8.7%
Social Security beneficiaries will receive an 8.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in January — one of the highest in the history of the program. The COLA, which is intended to protect the buying power of Social Securi ...
Best Ways to Save: September 2022
Is Our Health System Pushing You Into Medical Debt? Some Ways To Avoid It By Mary Johnson, editor Even with Medicare coverage, older adults frequently carry debt for medical bills. Despite having other health ...
Ask the Advisor: September/October 2022
What Happened To The Effort To Add Dental Benefits To Medicare? Q: I recently had to get a tooth extracted. The practice that performed the oral surgery required me to sign a waiver stating that they do not particip ...
Legislative Update: September 2022
60% Of Older Adults Support Two Year Suspension of Tax on Social Security Benefits By Doug Osborne, TSCL Legislative Liaison TSCL is gearing up to ask Congress to enact legislation that would protect Social Securit ...
Benefit Bulletin: September/October 2022
Medicare Given Authority to Negotiate Drug Prices By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board, TSCL Legislation that will cut prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate prices was recently signed into law ...
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