By Alex Moore This January, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has recovered $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people in a five-month pilot project. The Treasury Department under ...
Category: Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Articles
American vs. U.K. Healthcare: The Good and the Bad
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent I lived in England for 10 years, worked, got a driver's license, joined a book club, and needed medical care. There, virtually all costs that we’d associate with health insur ...
Legislative Update: Medicare Begins Price Negotiations for Weight-Loss Drugs
By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison, TSCL In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the next 15 drugs whose prices it will negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies, using power ...
Should You Be Worried About DOGE and Social Security?
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL The new Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, has spent a lot of time in the headlines over the last few months. Headed by Elon Musk, the agency was established by th ...
U.K. Healthcare vs. American Healthcare: How Prescriptions Differ
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent I lived in England for 10 years, worked, got a driver's license, joined a book club, and needed medical care. Here are facts and observations written from the point of obs ...
Legislative Update: Adjusted Social Security Benefits Face Long Delay
By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison, TSCL The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by former President Biden in January, will raise benefits for 3.2 million Americans who receive pensions for work that Social ...
Did You Know About This Resource to Help Care for Loved Ones With Dementia?
By Alex Moore Dementia affected more than 6.7 million Americans in 2023, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), with 14 million projected cases by 2060. The disease is brutal, not just for ...
Medicare Starts Punishing Pharma Price Gougers
By Alex Moore Medicare just punished drug companies for increasing the price of medicine faster than inflation. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) identified 64 drugs whose prices outpaced inflation ...
Benefits Bulletin: How Much Would Seniors Save If the U.S. Eliminates Taxes on Social Security Income
By Edward Cates, Chair, TSCL President Trump laid out a major new policy proposal in December on his social media platform, Truth Social. “SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!” he wrote, suggesting that he w ...
Biden Proposal to Expand Medicare Access to Weight Loss Drugs Hangs in the Balance
By Alex Moore In November, former President Biden proposed expanding anti-obesity drugs, like Wegovy, for people with Medicare and Medicaid coverage. These drugs are currently only covered for people who use them to t ...
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