Better Preventive Dental, Vision, Hearing Care Could Save Money for Medicare By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Director Millions of older Americans are afflicted with age-related hearing loss, low vision, and poor ora ...
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Congressional Corner: Protecting and Expanding the Retirement Security You’ve Earned
Senator Sherrod Brown (OH) Medicare and Social Security are bedrocks of the American Dream, guaranteeing a secure retirement that Americans earn over a lifetime of hard work. In the Senate, I’m working to update an ...
Best Ways To Save: September 2018
Four Ways To Pay For Dental Care About one-out-of-four older Americans say that cost is a higher barrier to getting dental care than for any other type of medical service. Sixty-four percent of working age American ...
Ask the Advisor: September 2018
How Can We Cope With Debt In Retirement? Q: My husband survived cancer but his healthcare costs depleted our savings. Do you have suggestions for coping with debt in retirement? A: Debt among older Americans is ...
Q & A: September 2018
Q: When I enrolled in Medicare two years ago I purchased a Medigap “F” supplement. Since then, my premiums have gone up 15% a year! I’m worried that I won’t be able to sustain cost increases like that for long. Am I a ...
$1,800 Co-pay Sends Diabetic Searching For Better Options
Leslie R.’s biggest problem isn’t the fact that she’s 70, or that she’s trying to live on just Social Security and a small pension. Leslie is a type II insulin dependent diabetic, left with no savings after a battle wit ...
Social Security Benefits Lose 34% of Buying Power Since 2000, 2019 COLA Could Top 3.3%
Social Security benefits have lost 34 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the 2018 Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study recently released by The Senior Citizens League. This is the biggest loss of buy ...
Can Medicare Save Money By Providing Better Dental Care?
By Mary Johnson, editor If you have an inflammatory disease like a chronic pulmonary condition, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease (IBS), or even sleep apnea, I have one piece of advice: Go ...
Benefit Bulletin: August 2018
Drug Prices: How Other Government Programs Negotiate Why are drug prices so high here in the United States? A recent article by Sarah Kliff of Vox.com uses the following example of Humira, an injectable medication us ...
Congressional Corner: Senator Tim Kaine Outlines Steps to Improve Medicare Coverage and Affordability For Every Older American
By U.S. Senator Tim Kaine Tim Kaine is a United States Senator from Virginia. In the Senate he is a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. He is one of 30 people in American history to have ...
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