Forget Medicare’s “Free” Annual Wellness Exam, We Need Medicare to Cover Annual Physicals To be our nation’s largest healthcare program, Medicare doesn’t always operate in a way that makes sense. True fact: Medicare ...
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Congressional Corner: Capping Drug Costs Could Negatively Impact Rural Health Care Systems
Representative Jim Baird (IN-4) Americans from all walks of life agree, drug pricing is out of control. The most adversely impacted by the rising costs are over the age of 65. We must address the issue of affordable ...
Legislative Update: April/May 2020
Will Legislation to Reduce Drug Prices Make it into Law? By Shannon Benton, Executive Director The affordability of prescription drugs is a key issue for older Americans. A survey by the non-partisan Kaiser Family ...
Benefit Bulletin: April/May 2020
What’s Retirees’ Biggest Concern About the Future of Social Security? A $300 Benefit Cut By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board There’s a discussion about Social Security that we haven’t yet heard much about f ...
Where Are All the Medical Masks?
By Mary Johnson, editor Why is the United States running out of medical masks for healthcare workers and patients? How did our healthcare system fail to provide the most basic and inexpensive protective equipment nee ...
Medicare’s Home Health Care Benefits Become Harder to Get
The decision can be abrupt and arbitrary. A home health worker tells you, “Your husband (mom, dad, sister, brother) isn’t getting any better, we’ve done all we can do, and now we can’t continue services, because Medicar ...
Social Security Recipients to Get $1,200 Stimulus Check
The $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package has been signed into law, and Social Security recipients will be included among the millions of Americans getting a $1,200 stimulus check. While there have been promises th ...
Q & A: March/April 2020
What is the full retirement age for Social Security? Q: I turn 61 this year and I’m still employed. I’ve read about waiting until my full retirement age before starting Social Security benefits. Is that 66? Do I e ...
Congressional Corner: Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Should Never Be a Partisan Issue
By U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) If you’ve been to a pharmacy in recent years, you’ve no doubt noticed how drug costs are soaring—and you’ve probably felt the immense financial pressure of rising pri ...
What It Looks Like to Live on Just Social Security — (It’s Not Pretty)
Forty-three percent of respondents say they do not have any retirement savings according to a recent TSCL survey. This sobering finding is actually a slight improvement from a 2017 estimate by the U.S. Government Accoun ...
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