TSCL Supports Low-Income Medicare Provisions, Bush Threatens Veto The House recently passed legislation that could help millions of seniors. The Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP) contained several s ...
Category: Medicare Part D Articles
Congressional Corner: Congress Must Start Making Rural Healthcare A Priority
By Representative Charlie Wilson (OH) Early in the summer, I spent an afternoon at one of two critical access hospitals in my district in Southeastern Ohio. It's a hospital with just 25 beds and an Emergency Department ...
OUTRAGEOUS! FDA Overzealous Regulations May Cost You
New regulatory threats, some at the urging of the pharmaceutical industry, could make it impossible for seniors to purchase certain products like vitamins and minerals without a prescription. It may sound outrageous, bu ...
Congressional Corner: New Rx Drug Bill Aimed at Saving Seniors Money
By Representative Patrick Murphy (PA) Within the first 100 hours of being sworn in I was proud to fulfill a campaign promise by voting to make bulk purchasing for prescription drugs for Medicare Part D a reality. I ...
Insurers Use Misleading Marketing Tactics
Better Medicare Consumer Protections Are Needed, Says TSCL Unsuspecting seniors have wound up in private health plans and discovered - too late - high, unexpected costs. Frequently, they didn't understand what they w ...