There are numerous bills in the House of Representatives that have as their purpose the lowering of prescription drug prices. The Senior Citizens League has endorsed and lobbied for passage of eight of those bills. The ...
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2020 Cost of Living Adjustment
(Washington, DC) – A new analysis from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) indicates that Social Security checks in 2019 are as much as 18 percent lower due to the impact of extremely low COLAs over the past ten years. F ...
The Senior Citizens League’s Legislative Update
This week President Trump signed an executive order that will make Medicare encourage seniors to consider enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan instead of its traditional coverage. More than a third of seniors are now ...
TSCL Weekly Legislative Update For the Week Ending September 27, 2019
As has been expected, the Senate passed a CR (continuing resolution) this week that will keep the federal government open until Nov. 21. The House had previously passed the bill and a spokesman for President Trump has i ...
Fastest Growing Retiree Prices, August 2018-August 2019
Fastest Growing Retiree Prices, August 2018-August 2019 Item Percent Increase Intercity bus fare 21.8% Health insurance 18.6% Repair of household items 8.7% Men’s outerwea ...
The Senior Citizens League Weekly Legislative Update For Week Ending September 20, 2019
As we suspected, Congress has now officially admitted they won't finish their work on time and once again will have to pass what amounts to emergency legislation to keep the government open. Actually, to say it was emer ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending September 13, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is expected to unveil a bill, perhaps as early as next week, that would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of hundreds of drugs in Medicare that have little or no alter ...
Social Security COLA Drops to 1.6 Percent For 2020
(Washington, DC) The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2020 will be considerably lower than the 2.8 percent COLA received this year, according to a new estimate from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending September 6, 2019
The House of Representatives returned to work this week after the traditional August recess. The Senate, however, does not come back until next week. The August recess is a tradition that dates back to the early days ...
Medigap Premiums Grew More Than Twice the Rate of the Social Security COLA Over Past Year — Forecast Worse for Next Year
(Washington, DC) According to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), premiums for Medicare supplemental insurance, known as Medigap, grew more than twice as fast as Social Security cost – of – living -adjust ...
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