Sudden price spikes in older drugs are putting patients at risk of going without vital medicine. A new report by the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging uncovered an insidious business model that’s leading to monopol ...
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Highest Income Households Would Get $7 Million Tax Cut Each Under Affordable Care Act Repeal
By Mary Johnson, editor Time to hit the brakes on an Obamacare repeal. Low-income and middle-income seniors and their families could wind up paying for a massive windfall that would go to a handful of the nation’s we ...
Benefit Bulletin: April 2017
How Changes to Health Policy Could Affect Medicaid TSCL has growing concerns that too little thought is going into what changes to our nation’s healthcare system would mean for older adults — particularly those who de ...
Legislative Update: April 2017
Social Security Reform Plan is Blueprint For New Congress By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Late last year, just hours before the 114th Congress came to a close, Congressman Sam Johnson (TX-3) – Chairman of ...
Congressional Corner: GOP War on Seniors Won’t Work; We Must Protect and Expand Medicare & Social Security
By Senator Charles E. Schumer (NY), Democratic Leader Medicare and Social Security are two of the greatest policy innovations of the past century, raising countless older Americans out of poverty and want, and profoun ...
Best Ways to Save: April 2017
Four Things To Avoid When Shopping For Retirement Housing More than 50% of older households surveyed by the National Institute on Aging say that they have at least one adult child living within 10 miles. But retireme ...
Ask The Advisor: April 2017
My Congressman Wants A More Accurate Measure Of Inflation For COLAs. How Would That Affect My Social Security Benefits? Q: I received a mailing from my Representative stating that he supports a plan to save Social S ...
Q & A: April 2017
Q: I’m still working and will turn 65 in July of this year. I currently get my health insurance through my employer. We have more than 20 employees and I’ve been told I can keep my employer’s health insurance instead o ...
Q & A: February/March 2017
Q: I recently received a notice from my Medicare supplement insurer that the claim for my annual mammogram was denied. I thought Medicare covered this. Is there anything I can do? I was billed $483. I became eligible ...
Ask The Advisor: February/March 2017
How Will Social Security Benefits Affect Our Income Taxes? Q: After I turned 67 this year, I started Social Security benefits while my wife and I continue to work. Can you give us an idea how much my Social Securit ...
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