My Mom Is Applying For Assisted Living: Why Must She Agree To Mandatory Arbitration? Q: I’m helping my mother shop for an assisted living facility. She’s considering one within reasonable driving distance, but a cl ...
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Congressional Corner: To Stay Healthy And Enjoy Retirement Means Protecting Earned Benefits and Cutting Drug Prices
By Representative Josh Harder, (CA-10) My parents are entering retirement age just like thousands of people across the Valley. I care deeply about making sure they receive all of the benefits they’ve earned and that ...
Legislative Update: December 2019
Payroll Taxes A Sticking Point in Social Security “Boost Bill” By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Legislation that would boost Social Security benefits and restore Social Security’s solvency has been under debat ...
Benefit Bulletin: December 2019
President Trump Signs Executive Order to Expand Private Medicare Plans By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board President Trump recently signed an executive order intended to change Medicare by expanding the role of ...
Medicare Has a Tele-Scam Problem
Telephone scammers are bilking Medicare out of billions of dollars, and bombarding millions of older U.S. consumers with multiple daily automated phone calls for everything from “free” back braces to genetic tests. Whil ...
Legislation To Lower Drug Costs Moving In House And Senate
Pharmaceutical companies and their allies are pouring millions of dollars into advertising fighting legislation in Congress that would lower U.S. drug costs. The ads portray legislative efforts in Congress, as “foreign ...
The CPI-E Would Pay a 1.9% COLA Versus The 1.6% You Are Actually Getting
By Mary Johnson, editor How much would your Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) be worth if it was more accurately based on your spending patterns as a retiree? Social Security legislation under debate i ...
The Senior Citizens League Weekly Update for Week Ending November 1, 2019
Today is November 1 which means there are 20 days left for Congress to reach agreement on funding the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2020, which began on October 1. Despite that, the House of Repres ...
Q & A: November 2019
What to Do When Your Doctor Prescribes an Expensive Medication that Your Insurance Doesn’t Cover Q: My doctor prescribed a new drug but, when I tried to fill it the first time, I learned that my drug plan does not co ...
Ask the Advisor: November 2019
How Would “Capping” Medicaid Payments Affect Seniors? Q: At a recent townhall I heard my Senator say that he supported reforming Medicaid’s payment structure to provide a capped amount per person enrolled. Can you t ...
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