Reforming Medicare: How Can We Keep It Affordable? Congress has debated a number of proposals that would shift a greater share of Medicare’s costs to…
By Mary Johnson My long time neighbor, Andrew S., was born severely disabled with cerebral palsy. At 41, he’s cared for by his mom…
How Medicare Can Save Billions: Stop Assigning Seniors To The Wrong Drug Plans A new study finds that Medicare is spending billions of dollars more…
Be Wary of Scams – If You are Covered By Medicare, Obamacare Doesn’t Affect You! Seniors get a lot of phone calls from people trying…
Check Your Drug Coverage: 2014 Part D Initial Coverage Less Generous Medicare Part D’s infamous drug coverage gap, aka: the “doughnut hole,” is slowly closing —…
Beware of Obamacare Scams! There’s a huge amount of confusion about the new healthcare reform marketplaces and the start of Obamacare. That creates all sorts of…
Take A Quiz Medicare remains a target of budget cuts in Washington as political leaders and other policy makers consider potential changes to the program.…
Better Donut Hole Coverage — Higher Taxes Ahead By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Analyst As the Affordable Care Act continues its scheduled implementation, many seniors will…
By Mary Johnson Will 2013 be the year that Congress tells us to hold our nose and take our medicine? Because healthcare costs remain the…
New TSCL Poll Should Medicare Be Changed? Should Medicare change from a program that guarantees coverage for a fixed set of benefits, to one that…