(Washington, DC) – An overwhelming majority of older voters want Congress to take action to slow sharply rising prescription drug costs, according to a recent survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Some 83 percent ...
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Millionaires Need to Start Paying Their Fair Share
(Washington, DC) – Seventy - nine percent of older Americans think the highest -earning workers should be paying Social Security taxes on all of their wages, just like other workers do, according to recent survey by The ...
45% Retirees Spend More Than One – Third Of Their Social Security On Medicare
(Washington, DC) – Forty-five percent of Medicare beneficiaries say they spend more than one-third of their Social Security benefits on healthcare costs, according to a recent survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) ...
If “Senior CPI” Used To Calculate COLA, Benefits Would Be 2.1% Higher In 2017 Says The Senior Citizens League
(Washington, DC) – Social Security recipients would get a cost-of-living- adjustment (COLA) that’s seven times higher this year if the annual boost were tied to the rise in the “seniors’” consumer price index, according ...
Recent Social Security Changes Were Unnecessary Benefit Cuts
(Washington, DC) Seventy percent of older voters say two recent Social Security changes were “unnecessary benefit cuts,” rather than a “closure of unintended loopholes,” according to a new poll by The Senior Citizens Le ...
2017 COLA Announcement
(Washington, DC) –Today’s announcement of a 0.3 percent cost - of - living adjustment (COLA) is another major disappointment to the 60 million people who depend on Social Security, says The Senior Citizens League (TSCL.) ...
2017 COLA Forecast
(Washington, DC) – After no annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) this year, older Americans are likely to get a boost for 2017. But the increase will be so small that it will be the lowest ever paid, according to a n ...
Older Americans Lose 23% Of Buying Power
(Washington, DC) – Low inflation in recent years may be helping younger workers cut costs at the gas pump, but it isn’t translating into lower costs for older and retired Americans, says The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) ...
2016 Annual Survey of Senior Costs
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Low COLA To Trigger Medicare Part B Premium Spike
(Washington, DC) – New consumer price index data through August confirm that Medicare Part B premiums will spike next year due to an extremely low cost – of – living adjustment (COLA), according to a new estimate by The ...
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