Complexity Means You May Be Missing Out On Benefits The enormous complexity of our healthcare system is making people sicker and costing consumers more out-of-pocket than it otherwise should. When private health plan ...
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Legislative Update: Congress Misses Opportunity To Strengthen Social Security Funding
Congress Misses Opportunity To Strengthen Social Security Funding By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Director Lawmakers in the House and Senate wrote and passed sweeping legislation to overhaul the entire tax code in j ...
Congressional Corner: Fixing COLAs & Protecting Seniors Against Rising Healthcare Costs
By Representative Donald Norcross (NJ-01) As you may have heard, Social Security recipients received a cost-of-living increase this year. This is good news for seniors, but it’s not good enough. Our seniors worked ...
Best Ways To Save: The High Cost Of Not Taking Your Prescriptions
The High Cost Of Not Taking Your Prescriptions As many as 30% of new prescriptions are never filled, and medication isn’t taken by patients as prescribed, about half of the time. The problem is so common ...
Ask The Advisor: What Did My Member of Congress Mean By That?
What Did My Member of Congress Mean By That? Q: What does it mean when a Member of Congress says he favors changing Medicare from a “fee-for-service” model to one where the patients would pay based on health outcomes ...
Q & A: What is our best retirement age option?
Q: In 2018, I will turn 62 and my spouse will turn 66. What is our best retirement age option? My husband had higher earnings throughout his career than I did, and funded a 401(k) through his employer. I have a tradi ...
Congressional Corner: Working for Retirement Requires a Job Before Retirement
By Representative Robin Kelly (IL-2) When the Great Recession hit eight-plus years ago, the focus was on the double-digit unemployment rates and the devastating impact on recent college and high school graduates. La ...
Ask The Advisor: November 2017
Would Tax Reform Affect My IRA and 401(k)? Q: Can you tell me what sort of tax reforms have been proposed, and what might that mean for retirement accounts like IRAs and 401(k)s? Although I’m over 60, I’m still worki ...
Q & A: November 2017
Q: My husband and I had to take in our twin great granddaughters when their mother, our granddaughter, was suddenly sent into rehab. We are in our 80s and living on Social Security and a small savings. Can you tell me if ...
Benefit Bulletin: November 2017
Despite Support, No Bill Moving On Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Ninety percent of the people participating in TSCL’s 2017 Senior Survey support giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices. But so far ...
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