Senate Passes Bill to Avoid Default Despite a monumental work load before the end of the year, the Senate is not in session this week. …
(Washington, DC) – Consumer price index data through August 2021 indicates that the 2022 COLA will likely be about 6 percent. But soaring inflation this…
Democratic Congressional leaders had also hoped to include new benefits for seniors to cover dental, vision and hearing in their Medicare legislative package this year…
Because of divisions within their own party, top congressional Democrats are acknowledging for the first time they’ll have to scale back their drug pricing plans…
While so much of the news about Congress last week was what they didn’t do, they did manage to pass a bill to keep the…
Last week TSCL Chairman Rick Delaney sent letters to the leaders of Congress proposing a one-time $1,400 Social Security stimulus payment for seniors. The letter…
TSCL Proposes $1,400 Stimulus for Seniors Last week TSCL Chairman Rick Delaney sent letters to the leaders of Congress proposing a one-time $1,400 Social Security…
LOBP Report 10.5.21
(Washington, DC) – An estimated 39 million Medicare beneficiaries spend up to 29 percent of their Social Security benefits on healthcare costs, according to a…
Late last week it was announced that Medicare and Medicaid will pay the full cost of Covid-19 booster shots with no co-pays for everyone on…