TSCL Mounts Nationwide Effort Fighting COLA Cuts A major move is underway to reduce government spending on Social Security by cutting the growth rate in…
Benefit Bulletin: January 2013 Can You Be Held Responsible For Parent’s Nursing Home Tab? Although much of the recent debate is focused on Medicare, seniors…
Representative Tim Murphy, Ph.D. (PA-18) Milk or medicine? This unfair choice is forced upon thousands of senior citizens every day. They must choose between basic…
There’s been little debate over changing a provision of Social Security law that allows for payment of benefits to noncitizens based on earnings from illegal…
Q: I turn 66 this year and my wife is 65. Neither one of us has started Social Security. We receive health insurance through my…
By Mary Johnson Will 2013 be the year that Congress tells us to hold our nose and take our medicine? Because healthcare costs remain the…
COLAs Go Over The Fiscal Cliff Economic forecasts for 2013 warn of a financial crisis ahead. Nobody is feeling it more acutely than seniors living…
The 113th Congress: A New Opportunity for TSCL By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Analyst After a much-anticipated election and an action-packed lame-duck session, the 113th Congress…
Will 1.7% COLAs Become The New Norm? Food, energy, and healthcare costs are climbing, but starting in January Social Security recipients will get one…
By Mary Johnson Senior voters just endured a tsunami of fact checks, competing truth squads and battling claims over the candidates’ plans for Medicare. …