Whether it is a coincidence or was planned knowing the Social Security Trustee’s report would be released last week, the Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing this Thursday on Social Security. Congressional Democra ...
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Good News, if only Temporary, About Social Security/Medicare
While Congress was on Memorial Day recess last week the annual Social Security Trustee Report was released. It announced that the financial health of Social Security improved slightly over the past year. The report pr ...
Update for Week Ending June 4, 2022
Good News, if only Temporary, About Social Security/Medicare While Congress was on Memorial Day recess last week the annual Social Security Trustee Report was released. It announced that the financial health of Social ...
Medicare Enrollment/Disenrollment Period Extended
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced that it will extend the enrollment/disenrollment period for 2022 to the end of this year. This relief applies to the 2022 General Enrollment Period, ...
2023 Medicare Part B Premiums to Reflect Lower-Than-Expected spending on Alzheimer’s Drug
When Medicare Part B Premiums skyrocketed at the beginning of this year TSCL and other seniors’ organizations protested that the increase was way too much and that it would seriously harm seniors with lower incomes. T ...
Limited Drug Importation from Canada Approved
Both the Trump and Biden Administrations have supported importing drugs from Canada, which are generally much less expensive than the same drugs in the U.S. While it never happened under Trump, the Food and Drug Admin ...
Update for Week Ending May 28, 2022
Remembering The Fallen We begin this update by remembering and honoring those who “gave the last full measure of devotion” to our nation. May we, in President Lincoln’s words, “resolve these dead shall not have died i ...
Drug Companies and Price Gouging
The high cost of prescription drugs is on the top of the list of concerns that many seniors have, especially as the increasing rate of inflation has forced so many seniors to spend their limited income on other necessary ...
FDA Issues Warning About Counterfeit Covid Tests
On top of the increasing number of covid-related infections and deaths, last week the Food and Drug Administration put out a warning that the public needs to be aware of counterfeit at-home over the counter (OTC) COVID-1 ...
Covid Booster Shots Critical for Seniors
If you have been watching the news, you know that deaths from COVID-19 are on the rise again after several weeks of increasing rates of new infections sparked by Omicron variants. As a stealth wave of Covid makes its ...