By Alex Moore Despite making cuts to other government agencies and services, the new administration has vowed to protect Medicare and Social Security. It has also, primarily through new Health and Human Services Secre ...
Category: Medicare Part B Articles
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: New Bills Could Increase Benefits by $2,400 and Eliminate Taxes on Benefits
By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison, TSCL So far this year, Congress has been busy introducing new legislation to improve Americans’ Social Security benefits. Two bills, the Social Security Expansion Act and the Senio ...
BENEFITS BULLETIN: New Leadership Appointments for Social Security and Medicare
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL With a new presidential administration, only one thing is inevitable: change. As the Trump administration has taken power, the changes made at the top of the Social Security and Medicar ...
The Treasury Department Just Clawed Back $31 Million in Federal Payments to Dead People
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 ...
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 ...
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