Will Social Security Changes Affect Our Plans? Q: My husband and I are both 65 and won’t turn 66 until later in 2016. I’m entitled to a monthly benefit of $810 at 66, and my husband a benefit of about $2,300. He origi ...
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Congressional Corner: In Rural Communities Some Travel 100 Miles Or More To Closest Hospital
By Representative Cresent Hardy (NV-4) Over the past few years, there has been no lack of discussion from either side of the aisle about employer and individual mandates, medical device and “Cadillac” taxes and the Af ...
Legislative Update: February/March 2016
TSCL’s Three Legislative Wins For Disabled And Older Americans By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Last year was a busy and successful one for The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Three major legislative effor ...
Best Ways to Save: February/March 2016
Six Secrets Of Living To 100 From the Blue Zones Project Over the past decade researchers have found areas across the world where men and women are beating the odds and reaching age 100 at higher rates than the rest o ...
Drug Pricing Abuse Comes Under New Scrutiny
The drug industry’s secretive pricing practices are coming under increasing scrutiny in Congress. According to a recent poll, the public thinks making sure that high-cost drugs for chronic conditions are affordable to th ...
Benefit Bulletin: February/March 2016
Can We Trust Congress After Surprise Social Security Cuts? Last October’s debt deal contained surprise Social Security changes that will cost some Baby Boomer couples tens of thousands in anticipated Social Security i ...
Could We Have Another Year Without A COLA? Maybe.
By Mary Johnson, Editor After receiving no annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) this year, many people who depend on Social Security are experiencing greater difficulties affording rising Medicare and other rising ...
It’s NOT Too Late For An Emergency COLA
Two months into the New Year, seniors, veterans, and other retirees still haven’t received any cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2016. For the third time in only 7 years, more than 70 million people are going without ...
Congress Averts 19% Social Security Disability Benefit Cut
Congress managed to pass a short-term fix to prevent a 19% benefit cut that was due to hit disabled Social Security beneficiaries by the end of this year. The legislation heads off the cut by temporarily transferring som ...
Benefit Bulletin: January 2016
Still Working Because You Can’t Afford Your Healthcare Costs? Look Into Medicare Savings Programs More people are working far longer into retirement than they ever thought they would, and healthcare costs are a ma ...
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