Surprise! Recent Budget Law Accelerates Closing Of Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Director In February, after lawmakers allowed two government shutdowns…
Medicare Therapy Caps: A Long Battle for Patient Access Madison West, Legislative Assistant Mary Katherine was 90 when a stroke left her paralyzed on one…
By Mary Johnson, editor Your Part D drug plan would never tell you this, but the alarming fact is that there is no limit to…
How well does the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) protect the buying power of Social Security benefits? Not very, according to early online results of…
The newly enacted tax legislation calls for adjusting tax brackets and the standard deduction using the more slowly growing Chained consumer price index (CPI). What…
Q: I understand that I can receive Social Security benefits while I’m still working. I’m 64 but my earnings are pretty modest. I have about…
Can Healthcare Costs Be Improved By Expanding Medicare? By Mary Johnson, editor, with Carol Bingaman, retired public health and business professional What would you say…
Over-diagnosis: Medicare Preventive Services Don’t Always Make Sense For Everyone Medicare covers most, or all, of the cost of many preventive services, like annual mammograms…
By Representative Al Lawson (FL-05) Many of our nation’s seniors live on fixed incomes and struggle to afford everyday expenses. Sadly, a large number of…
Why Mothers and Wives Can Receive Less in Social Security Madison West, Legislative Assistant Many social and economic factors work against women who are family caregivers…
