Legislative Update for Week Ending July 12, 2019 It was busy and humid on Capitol Hill this week with Congress quickly coming up on its August recess. The Senior Citizens League was pleased to see continued support o ...
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One-Third of Adults Over 65 Have Not Received Dental Care in More Than Two Years
(Washington, DC) – One-out- of three adults covered by Medicare are not getting regular dental care, according to a new survey by The Seniors Citizens League (TSCL). “We estimate that roughly 20 million older Americans ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending June 28, 2019
It’s hard to believe that we are turning the corner to the second half of 2019! June is on the way out with July right around the corner; Presidential Debates, Legislative Action and Congressional Hearings were on this ...
52% of Retirees Spend at Least $376 Per Month on Healthcare Costs
(Washington, DC) – A new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) indicates that 52 percent of retirees spend at least $376 per month on healthcare costs. If that doesn’t sound like enough of a challenge, at a time w ...
Older Americans Want Action to Lower Medicare Drug Costs
(Washington, DC) – Susan Gross, a 66 - year old retired office assistant living in Central Virginia, spends most of her day caregiving. Her 46-year-old son, who is disabled from cerebral palsy, lives with her, as does h ...
Loss of Buying Power Report 2019
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Social Security Benefits Lose 33% of Buying Power Since 2000
(Washington, DC) Social Security benefits have lost 33 percent of buying power since 2000, according to the latest Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study released today by The Senior Citizens League. “One would thi ...
Millions of Retirees Could See Entire COLA Swallowed by Medicare Part B Increase Next Year
(Washington, DC) – In their new report, Medicare Trustees forecast a higher rate of growth in Part B premiums next year, which could put millions of low benefit Social Security recipients at risk of seeing the deductio ...
New Tax Law Had Little Effect on the Number of Retirees Who Pay Taxes on Social Security Benefits
(Washington, DC) The new tax law appears to have had little to no effect on relieving the taxation of the Social Security benefits received by retired taxpayers, according to early results of a new survey by The S ...
16 Percent of Medicare Part D Enrollees May Be at Risk of Hitting the Doughnut Hole in 2019
(Washington, DC) – About 16 percent of Medicare beneficiaries report out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs high enough to put them at risk of hitting the Part D doughnut hole in 2019, according to an early samplin ...