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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
By Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) Over five million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, and each year thousands more are diagnosed with this painful,…
Gino Grosso Speaks Out On the COLA “Seniors need to get organized,” says Gino Grosso of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Too many feel they can’t do anything…