By Representative Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) For most Americans, the prices of essential prescription drugs are increasing far too rapidly for family budgets to sustain. Many Americans are being forced to choose betw ...
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Best Ways to Save: May 2016
Living On Social Security: Is Renting Out A Spare Room In Your Home A Good Idea? Renting out unused rooms in your home or vacation property may seem like a good way to offset housing costs. The income boost can make a ...
Ask the Advisor: May 2016
Are These Home Nurse Visits Legit? Q: I’m helping my brother who has cognitive problems. He’s enrolled in a Humana Medicare Advantage plan that covers prescription drugs in addition to providing hospital and doctor be ...
Q & A: May 2016
What Do We Do Now? My Husband Lost His Job And Our Healthcare Coverage Q: My husband recently lost his job in a company re-organization. I was getting my healthcare benefits through his employer. He is 64 and I’m 67. ...
Will Social Security Last As Long As You Do?
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Strengthen Social Security — Why NOW is the Time!
Social Security recipients often worry whether their benefits will be paid as promised throughout retirements that could last 25 years or more. Anxiety over impending changes to Social Security leads some people to claim ...
Supreme Court Decision Could Have Big Consequences For Social Security and Medicare
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide a case in June that could have far -reaching implications for Social Security and Medicare. The Obama Administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate its executive act ...
Another Banner Year For Medicare Fraud?
By Mary Johnson, editor “Hello seniors!” the voice bellows. “Medicare covers a remarkable new device that can give you freedom from lower back pain! Hold the phone to find out how to get your free, Medicare-covered ba ...
Benefit Bulletin: April 2016
Retirement’s Black Hole — Medical Debt Nearly 90% of older adults who report having trouble making payments on their credit cards are carrying medical debt, according to a recent TSCL survey. TSCL is concerned that to ...
Legislative Update: April 2016
Should Congress Guarantee A Minimum COLA? By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Millions of Social Security beneficiaries are perplexed as to why they received no increase in their monthly Social Security checks ...
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