By Senator Joe Donnelly Consumer fraud is a significant problem in the United States, especially among our growing senior population. Seniors are often targets of fraud because of a perception that seniors are more vu ...
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Legislative Update: February 2015
Three Actions Congress is Likely to Take That Affect Your Benefits By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant November's mid-term elections dramatically altered the makeup on Capitol Hill. For the first time in eight ...
Benefit Bulletin: February 2015
Reforming Medicare: How Can We Keep It Affordable? Congress has debated a number of proposals that would shift a greater share of Medicare's costs to beneficiaries in recent years. Some of those proposals are likely t ...
U.S. Ranks Lower Than Slovenia For Generosity Of Social Security Benefits
How generous are U.S. Social Security benefits, and how likely are today's retirees to enjoy a secure retirement? Some Members of Congress and policy makers say that retirees and disabled beneficiaries are "over paid." T ...
White House Says Illegal Immigrants Could Receive Social Security, Medicare
President Obama recently announced a series of Executive Actions to protect an estimated 4.9 million illegal immigrants from deportation. This month the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is expected to start takin ...
What’s Your Social Security Benefit Missing? About $113 A Month
Beneficiaries received a 1.7% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) this month, making 2015 the sixth year of exceptionally low COLA growth. With the average monthly Social Security payment hovering around $1,090, the annual ...
How Thousands Qualify For Social Security With No Social Security Number
Month after month, year after year, unbeknownst to most of the public, thousands of people with no Social Security number are receiving Social Security benefits. The beneficiaries don't qualify for benefits based on thei ...
Patients Sent Home Quicker and Sicker From Hospitals — Are Medicare Penalties to Blame?
By Mary Johnson Anyone who has spent time in the hospital knows the feeling of shock at how short the stays have become. Hospitalizations more than a day or two in length are rare. Patients who have surgery, hooked up ...
Benefit Bulletin: January 2015
Is The Government Manipulating COLAs? Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) have languished at exceptionally low levels in recent years. Administration officials and economists point to the sluggish economy and recent ec ...
Legislative Update: January 2015
TSCL Gears Up For Busy New Year By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant After a much-anticipated mid-term election and an active "lame duck" session on Capitol Hill, the 114th Congress has officially begun and The ...
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