Q: My adult son has cerebral palsy and gets his healthcare through both Medicare and Medicaid. I recently received a letter from the state that his former fee-for-service coverage is ending and that he has been assigned ...
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Congressional Corner – Rep. Charlie Crist (FL-13)
Congress Should Work Together to Strengthen Social Security By Representative Charlie Crist (FL-13) Social Security represents America’s promise that after a lifetime of hard work and paying into the system, senior ...
7 Recommendations For Social Security’s Disability Insurance Program
By Jessie Gibbons, Senior Policy Analyst For the past several years, Social Security’s Disability Insurance (DI) program has been facing financing challenges. In the fall of 2015, lawmakers took action to prevent ...
Best Ways to Save – Medical Expense Deductions For People 65 And Over Shrink In 2017
How To Increase Medical Tax Deductions for Older Taxpayers New IRS medical expense rules for people age 65 and over reduce the amount of medical expenses you can deduct for the 2017 tax year (which you file in 2018). ...
Benefit Bulletin
What To Do When You Can’t Afford Your Drug Costs By Chairman Art "Coop" Cooper If your prescription drug costs are outgrowing your ability to pay for your medicine, look into Medicare’s “Extra Help” program. The p ...
My Letter From Social Security
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 ...
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 ...
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