(Washington, DC) – An estimated 4 million people who were born in 1960 face lower Social Security benefits caused by the COVID-19 caused recession and high unemployment, warns The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). “A flawe ...
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The “Medicare Tax” That Never Made It To The Medicare Trust Fund
(Washington, DC) – A controversial “Medicare” tax on net investment income that was signed into law shortly after passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act is expected to once again come under debate according to The Senio ...
Democrats Seek to Pass Healthcare Changes Later this Year
According to ModernHealthcare.com, “Congressional Democrats are hoping to pass a slew of healthcare priorities later this year aimed at expanding access to coverage and making it more affordable for patients. “There a ...
Guidance for Traveling on Cruise Ships Changed
Americans are anxious to get back to normal after over a year of being limited in their activities because of the pandemic. For many seniors, as well as others, that includes vacationing, and vacationing includes trips ...
Drug Company CEO Discusses Lowering Drug Prices
Last Friday the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer, Inc., urged President Biden to form a bipartisan coalition in Washington to address high drug costs. Albert Bourla told Bloomberg Television in an interv ...
Hearing On “Equity in Social Security: In Their Own Words”
The Social Security Subcommittee of the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing to discuss the problems facing seniors and the vital roll Social Security plays in the well-being of America’s seniors. A number ...
Update June 19, 2021
Most of the news about seniors’ issues in Washington continues to center around prescription drug prices. However, a hearing on the problems facing Social Security was held last week. We start off with a report on the ...
Federal Government Moves to Guarantee Access to Drugs
Keeping the U.S. drug supply chain secure, robust, and resilient is essential for the health and national security, and economic prosperity of the United States during emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic and for the p ...
Why is it so Hard to Lower Prescription Drug Prices?
Here is a big part of the answer. An analysis by Stat News of campaign finance records shows that the pharmaceutical industry donated to more than two-thirds of Congress as well as 2,467 state lawmakers during the last ...
Legislation to help “Notch Victims” is Introduced
Many of TSCL’s supporters are older and less affluent. And some of them are “Notch Victims,” individuals who receive lower Social Security benefits because they were born between the years of 1917 and 1926. Just year ...
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