Press Brief CPI – COLA Update   October 13, 2022 For immediate use A Social Security cost–of–living–adjustment (COLA) of 8.7% is rare — enjoy it now. This may be the first and possibly the last time that b ...

A new study from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, estimated that coronavirus vaccines were linked to roughly 670,000 to 680,000 fewer hospitalizations as we ...

Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, released its star ratings for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. Each year CMS calculates Medicare star ratings based on ...

With Election Day just a month away it is a good time to restate that TSCL is a non-partisan organization. We do not pick sides between Democrats and Republicans, nor do we endorse candidates. However, what we do is e ...

This past Friday, the House Ways and Means Committee discussed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act. They voted to send the bill to the whole House of Representatives with no recommended changes, so that it can be c ...

Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7 each year. There are several sources online to get information about the enrollment season, but TSCL recommends you first go to Medicare.gov to get the ...

This is the do-or-die week for Congress as the end of the fiscal year for the federal government arrives this Friday. Because Congress has not passed any funding legislation for FY 2023, they are planning to pass a “cont ...