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, ...
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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 ...
Farewell to Past Chairman George A. Smith
Mr. George A. Smith (1930-2022) served as Chairman of The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Board of Trustees in 1997 and again from 2001 - 2005 and as an advisor from 2005-2007. Mr. Smith was held in high esteem by t ...
Update for Week Ending May 14, 2022
Farewell to Past Chairman George A. Smith Mr. George A. Smith (1930-2022) served as Chairman of The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Board of Trustees in 1997 and again from 2001 - 2005 and as an advisor from 2005-2007 ...
Social Security Benefits Lose 40% of Buying Power COLA for 2023 Could Be 8.6%
(Washington, DC) – High inflation has caused Social Security benefits to lose 40 percent of their buying power since the year 2000 according to the latest update of an ongoing study by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). ...