The flurry of activity in Congress has shared the top of the news this week with the continuing Covid-19 crisis and the beginning of the vaccine distribution program. We try not to repeat news here that is available to ...
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December 19, 2020
Barring any unexpected news relating to seniors this will be our last update for this year. It has been an incredibly tough year. We hope that despite all the challenges we all face, the health risks and the distancing ...
Congress Passes Defense Bill but President Trump says He Will Veto
Another major piece of legislation that Congress is working on, one which has been passed and been signed into law by whomever has been President for the past 59 years, is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). ...
Update No. 2 on Discount Drug Card
In one of our recent updates we said we hadn’t heard anything new about the $200 drug discount card for seniors that President Trump had announced in September. The program ran into obstacles because of a number of issu ...
Surprise! – Effort to End Surprise Billing Still Alive
In last week’s update we told you about the pending retirement of Senator Lamar Alexander (R- Tenn.), who has been a champion of legislation to end surprise medical billing. We feared the effort to end the practice woul ...
Congress Still Working to Avoid Government Shutdown
If it weren’t for the coronavirus and the start of the vaccination program against it the top news story would probably be the fact that Congress still can’t reach a final agreement to keep the government from shutting d ...
December 12, 2020
Congress Still Working to Avoid Government Shutdown If it weren’t for the coronavirus and the start of the vaccination program against it the top news story would probably be the fact that Congress still can’t reach a ...
One-time Emergency 3% COLA Would Boost Average Social Security Benefits an Extra $398 Per Year Over Retirement
Washington, DC) – A one - time emergency 3 percent Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) would increase a $1,523 Social Security benefit by about $398 per year on average, over the course of a 25 year retirem ...
Fight to End Surprise Billing is Losing Key Ally
One of TSCL’s goals this year was to end “surprise billing” – the situation that happens when some types of medical providers, including anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and labs may not be contracted with ...
Canada Bans Sending Drugs to U.S.
We reported earlier this year that President Trump issued executive orders to lower prescription drug prices under Medicare by linking them to rates paid in other countries and allowing Americans to buy medication import ...