When Should Single People Move to Assisted Living? Q: My sister lives alone at age 78. She has no children. I’ve noticed a growing number of changes in her health over the past two years. She seems to have problems ...
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Q & A: February/March 2019
Use Retirement Savings or Start Social Security Early to Cover Large Medical Expenses? Q: I will be 66 in April and still work at a small company. I get my healthcare through a Medicare Advantage plan. I’ve learned ...
Q & A: January 2019
How is the Tax on Social Security Benefits Calculated? Q: My spouse and I retired in 2018, and this will be our first tax season with Social Security benefits. Can you explain how Social Security benefits would affect ...
Warning! Scam Calls Impersonate Social Security — Help Report This Scam
By Mary Johnson, editor Reports are coming in across the country of a new Social Security scam. Scammers use a threatening tone saying that due to illegal activity (such as an “account breach”) your Social Security ac ...
Congressional Corner: Medicare Needs to Cover Dental, Vision and Hearing Care
Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-40) Hearing, vision, and dental services are essential to the well-being of older Americans. Sadly, our Medicare system has failed to recognize that truth. Since Medicare was ...
Legislative Update: January 2019
How Your Opinions Help Shape Our Legislative Agenda By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Director Each year, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) asks supporters like you to help shape our legislative agenda by participatin ...
Benefit Bulletin: January 2019
Arthur Cooper How Participation in TSCL’s Senior Survey is Changing the Conversation on Protecting the Adequacy of Social Security Polls and surveys are key means for the public, Members of Congress and the Presid ...
President Announces Plan to Tie Drug Prices to Prices Paid In Other Industrialized Countries — Will it Work?
By Mary Johnson, editor President Trump recently announced a new proposal to bring down the cost of certain expensive Part B prescription drugs. The plan is meeting with skepticism from leading health policy experts, ...
Medicare for All — What Would That Mean for Today’s Medicare Enrollees?
“Medicare for All” became a popular rallying cry during the recent midterm elections — especially for Democrats. Last fall, the Trump Administration’s top Medicare official, however, warned that Medicare has enough prob ...
Social Security and Medicare Blamed for Rising Deficits
Are Cuts The Only Way to Reduce the Deficit? After passing new tax legislation that’s projected to increase the federal deficit by more than $1.5 trillion over the next ten years, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConne ...
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