By Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare Policy Analyst The Senior Citizens League's (TSCL) latest study on Social Security Buying Power found that the average person who retired before 2000 (those age 85 and old ...

You have undoubtedly heard about the crisis facing our country regarding the “debt ceiling.”  Right now, Congress is in a countdown to pass legislation needed to stop our government from defaulting on its debts. The l ...

The leaders of two key Senate health committees are trying to strike a deal on a group of drug-pricing bills, including ones to spur generic drug approvals, cut fees from pharmaceutical middlemen, and cap the cost of ins ...

In mid-April, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that people 65 or older with one Pfizer or Moderna updated booster can roll up their sleeves again if it has been at least four months since that last shot. ...

By Mary Johnson, editor A new rule recently announced by the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) approved the sale of over the counter (OTC) hearing aids for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. OTC hearing ...

Q: Can you confirm whether Congress changed the age for required minimum distributions from retirement accounts? I am currently age 71 and will turn age 72 in April of 2023. A: It was easy to miss, but yes, budget leg ...

One of the most frequent questions that TSCL receives in our meetings with Members of Congress and from news outlets is “How has inflation impacted older households?”  To find out, we posed the following question to over ...

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 ...