Rep. Rodney Davis (IL-13) The United States consistently lags behind countries like China, South Korea, and others in education, placing us 26th in math, and 21st in science, out of 34 countries. As we work to improve ...
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Best Ways To Save: July 2015
Make Better Retirement Decisions With These Eight Resources Informed decisions make the difference in helping Social Security and retirement savings last as long as you do. TSCL has created a new online Retirement Re ...
Ask The Advisor: July 2015
Help! My Mentally Disabled Brother Was Target Of A Predatory Auto Loan! Q: My brother, age 65, is cognitively impaired. He can’t read or understand finances, but he’s married, able to work and earns a modest living. H ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: July 2015
After Surgery What Can I Do About Unexpected Bills? Q: I’m new to Medicare and recently had surgery. I’ve received several unexpected bills, including one for $1,100 from the anesthesiologist. I thought these costs w ...
An Obamacare Repeal Would Increase Beneficiaries’ Part D Costs
A total repeal of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, known to most as “Obamacare,” forms a key component of budget plans recently passed by the U.S. House and Senate. But so far there’s been little discussion about the negati ...
Activism After Retirement
Mahal May For some people, retirement years are just as busy as work years. That’s the case for 68-year old activist Mahal May. She does the hula and belly dances with the “Showstoppers,” a group of more than 45 “chr ...
Social Security’s “Most Gruesome Fraud Management Failures”
Mary Johnson Unreported deaths undoubtedly rank as the Social Security Administration’s number one “Most Gruesome Fraud Management Failures.” Hardly a month goes by without the discovery of a grizzly new case. Usually ...
Benefit Bulletin: June 2015
Good News Or Bad? More Medicare Beneficiaries Qualifying For Medicaid The number of Medicare beneficiaries who are also eligible for Medicaid has been growing rapidly in recent years. The Centers for Medicare and Medi ...
Legislative Update: June 2015
TSCL Supports Bill To Kill The Medicare Cutting Board By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst Should Congress hand over accountability for decisions about Medicare cuts to an unelected board? That’s what lawmakers ...
Congressional Corner: There’s No Need To Cut Or Privatize Social Security
The following reflects the views of the writer and are not necessarily those of The Senior Citizens League. Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) Last fall, Republican candidates made a lot of campaign promises: to c ...
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