For immediate release: May 15, 2024 April CPI-W Comes in at 3.4% The April CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) came in at 3.4%. That's slightly lower than the inflation trends ...
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March 2024
At Last, Congress Funds Government for Current Fiscal Year They were six months past their deadline but in late March Congress finally managed to pass the last legislation needed to fund the government for fiscal year ...
The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients
The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients By Judith Graham March 27, 2024 KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down her driveway to get the mail in January when ...
Biden Administration Proposes Pay Increases for Hospitals, Hospice Providers
Nursing homes, hospice providers, and inpatient psychiatric facilities would all see Medicare pay hikes next year under proposals recently released by the Biden administration. Hospice providers would get an additiona ...
Seniors Targeted by Scams that could Cost Medicare Billions
According to an article in Newsweek, seniors relying on Medicare for their health care are being targeted by a widespread "phantom billing" scam that has the potential to rob them of thousands of dollars. Phantom bill ...
At Last, Congress Funds Government for Current Fiscal Year
They were six months past their deadline but in late March Congress finally managed to pass the last legislation needed to fund the government for fiscal year 2024. President Biden’s signing of the measure completed a ...
February 2024
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of February 2024 At the end of this first week of March, it's time to look back at what happened in February about issues that concern or have af ...
2025 COLA Could Be 1.75%
The January CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) came in at 2.9%. That’s higher than the inflation trends indicated last month based on December CPI-W data. Based on this trend, The ...
January 2024
While this update covers what happened in Washington during January regarding issues important to seniors, it also will report on the upcoming events and issues that seniors should be aware of as we enter February. Co ...
Press Brief 1.17.24 Inflation Rate Starts Year Higher than COLA, But Big Drop Ahead
For immediate release: January 16, 2024 Inflation Rate Starts Year Higher than COLA, But Big Drop Ahead Millions of Social Security beneficiaries are facing an inflation rollercoaster this year. At the same tim ...
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