The Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report on the financial status of the Social Security programs in May. Both the Trustees and…
For immediate release: May 15, 2024 April CPI-W Comes in at 3.4% The April CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers)…
At Last, Congress Funds Government for Current Fiscal Year They were six months past their deadline but in late March Congress finally managed to pass…
The Burden of Getting Medical Care Can Exhaust Older Patients By Judith Graham March 27, 2024 KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) Susanne Gilliam, 67, was walking down…
Nursing homes, hospice providers, and inpatient psychiatric facilities would all see Medicare pay hikes next year under proposals recently released by the Biden administration. Hospice…
According to an article in Newsweek, seniors relying on Medicare for their health care are being targeted by a widespread “phantom billing” scam that has…
They were six months past their deadline but in late March Congress finally managed to pass the last legislation needed to fund the government for…
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of February 2024 At the end of this first week of March, it’s time…
The January CPI-W (Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) came in at 2.9%. That’s higher than the inflation trends indicated last…
While this update covers what happened in Washington during January regarding issues important to seniors, it also will report on the upcoming events and issues…