As we reported last week, August is the month when both houses of Congress traditionally take a break, both for government and personal travel, as well as working in their states and districts. While the House left last ...
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Update for Week Ending August 7, 2021
So far, No August Break for Senators As we reported last week, August is the month when both houses of Congress traditionally take a break, both for government and personal travel, as well as working in their states a ...
Bi-partisan Draft Legislation Addressing Medicare Advantage Care in Last Year of Life Released Last Week
On Wednesday of last week U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) released discussion draft legislation following a troubling U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report conducted at ...
Medicare Prescription Drug Costs to Increase in 2021
According to Bloomberg News, “Senior citizens can expect to see their monthly Medicare costs increase by nearly 5% for prescription drugs in 2022, under projections the federal government announced Thursday. The basic ...
Infrastructure Bill Could Affect Medicare
The infrastructure bill being worked on in the Senate this week, one of only issues facing Congress where there is general agreement by both political parties, could affect Medicare in a positive way. According to Blo ...
It’s August – Congress’ Traditional Vacation Month
The House of Representatives has recessed for the month of August which means members will be going back home to their districts to meet with constituents. Many will also likely be taking some vacation time. However, t ...
Update for Week Ending July 31, 2021
It’s August – Congress’ Traditional Vacation Month The House of Representatives has recessed for the month of August which means members will be going back home to their districts to meet with constituents. Many will ...
Congress Still Trying to Find a Way to Pass Health Care Legislation
As we explained last week, the parameters of whatever new health care legislation is passed by Congress this year have been laid out by the Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress. We cover these Democratic pro ...
Changes Designed to Stop “Surprise Billing” Coming Next Year
Last year TSCL supported legislation to stop “surprise billing,” which happened when patients were billed for medical procedures they had thought were covered by their health care insurance, but actually were not. Con ...
TSCL Endorses Social Security Legislation
Last week TSCL was contacted by the office of Rep. Al Lawson (D-Fla.), to ask if we would once again endorse his bill, the Social Security for Future Generations Act. The Congressman first introduced his bill in 2019 but ...
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