Thank You Anyway, I’ll Just Keep Working A Little Longer By Mary Johnson, Editor Most Americans are under-informed about their Social Security retirement choices, and they don’t mind saying so. The fact is the Soc ...
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Why We Need A Better COLA
Social Security recipients will get 2% cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment effective January 2018. But despite it being the largest increase in five years, the news is being met with frustration from millions of retiree ho ...
Cuts To Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Not Supported By Older Voters
(Washington, DC) – A survey of older voters indicates that Congressional plans to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to shrink the deficit would be politically explosive in an election year, warns The Se ...
Don’t Let The High Cost Of Prescription Drugs Cost You Your Health
(Washington, DC) – For older Americans, the high cost of prescription drugs is a leading deterrent to filling prescriptions or taking required medications as directed, warns The Senior Citizens League. “People with Medi ...
Medicare Part B Increase Will Consume Retirees’ Entire COLA
(Washington, DC) – Despite receiving the largest Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) in five years, the majority of retired and disabled beneficiaries will not see any increase in their net Social Security b ...
Tax Plan Could Threaten Retirement Income, Warns The Senior Citizens League
(Washington, DC) – The tax bill being discussed in the U.S. House contains what may be only a fleeting benefit for middle class and older Americans, warns The Senior Citizens League. “The changes under consideration may ...
2018 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Announced
(Washington, DC) – The Social Security Administration has announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase benefits by 2.0 percent for 2018. While the increase is the highest in five years, it won ...
Social Security Benefits Lose 30% of Buying Power Since 2000
(Washington, DC) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost nearly one – third of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2017 Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The ...
Loss of Buying Power Study
TSCL Loss of Buying Power Study 2017 ...
2018 Cost of Living (COLA) Projection
(Washington, DC) – Social Security recipients can look forward to receiving an annual cost – of – living adjustment (COLA) of about 1.8 percent in 2018, according to an estimate released today by The Senior Citizens Leag ...