For immediate release: December 12, 2023 Two-thirds of Seniors Say Household Budget 10% Higher Than a Year Ago Sticky Inflation Worst For Many High-Ticket Senior Costs More than two-thirds of older adults say thei ...
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November 2023
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of November 2023 Biden Administration Takes Another Step Toward Lowering Drug Prices The Biden administration has determined that it has the aut ...
Senate Committee Investigate Medicare Advantage Enrollment Schemes
In our September update, we wrote about a video conference TSCL participated in that discussed the Medicare Advantage (MA) ads that inundate TV and mailboxes every fall during open enrollment season. We learned that t ...
It is Important that You have Prescription Drug Coverage
Open enrollment season is the time of the year when you can make changes to your prescription drug coverage. If you’re eligible for Medicare and don’t have creditable drug coverage, which means drug coverage that is a ...
TSCL Prediction is Correct: 2024 Social Security COLA will be 3.2%; Medicare Announces 2024 Premium Hike
As TSCL’s analyst Mary Johnson predicted, the government announced that the Social Security COLA for 2024 will be 3.2%. That amounts to, on average, another $50 or so a month, bringing the average Social Security chec ...
TSCL Endorses Drug Price Transparency Legislation Introduced in Congress
U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) have recently introduced bipartisan, bicameral (House & Senate) legislation to require pharmaceutical companies to disclose the price of their dr ...
Medicare Open Enrollment Period Has Begun
In case you haven’t heard, the Medicare open enrollment period has started, and it runs through Dec. 7. This is when Medicare enrollees can make changes to their coverage effective for the 2024 plan year, including cha ...
October 2023
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of October 2023 Medicare Open Enrollment Period Has Begun In case you haven’t heard, the Medicare open enrollment period has started, and it run ...
80 Percent of Retirees Want Better Inflation Protection
For Release: October 13, 2023. 80 Percent of Retirees Want Better Inflation Protection — Medicare Part B Premium Increase Proves Us Wrong, And We’re Relieved! The 3.2% Social Security cost of living adjustm ...
2024 COLA 3.2%
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