The Biden Administration is starting to identify the programs that will be receiving aid because of the President’s American Rescue Plan that was passed by Congress last year. There is good news for rural America on a nu ...
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Senator Makes News at Local Town Hall Meeting
The importance of meeting with your Senators or Representatives when they are home was demonstrated last week at a local meeting with Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The Senator was asked by one of his constituents i ...
Update for Week Ending April 16, 2022
The Congressional two-week spring recess will continue this week. It is a good time to call the offices of your Senators and Representative and either leave a message for them about the need for relief for seniors and th ...
A Word of Caution: Covid-19 is Still With Us
We are all tired of it – tired of even hearing about it - and we want our lives to go back to normal. But we should remember that Covid-19 is still with us, even though it may be in the form of a new variant. The rise ...
Is Cut in Medicare Part B Premiums on the Horizon?
At the beginning of this year, seniors enrolled in Medicare Part B saw the largest increase in their premiums dollar-wise in the program’s history. As we previously reported, the large increase came about because of M ...
CMS Continues Limited Access to Alzheimer’s Drug
We have reported in the past about the controversial drug Aduhelm, whose benefits for Alzheimer’s sufferers have been widely questioned in the medical community. In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servi ...
Congress Begins Two-Week Break
Congress began a two-week break starting today, Monday. While committee work will continue, there will be no votes on the floor of either house until they return. Many of the members will be in their home states or di ...
Update for Week Ending April 9, 2022
Congress Begins Two-Week Break Congress began a two-week break starting today, Monday. While committee work will continue, there will be no votes on the floor of either house until they return. Many of the members ...
Will New Covid Wave hit the U.S. Late This Year?
Just when it feels like we are starting to get back to normal we are being warned: the next wave of Covid-19 is coming, and in some parts of the United States, it is already here. This time it is BA.2, a subvariant of ...
New Covid information Site Announced
Last week the Biden Administration launched a new covid information website that is meant to be a one-stop shop for everything from free high-quality masks to antiviral pills. The website, COVID.gov, follows through o ...