(Washington, DC) – The Social Security Administration has announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase benefits by 2.0 percent for 2018. While the increase is the highest in five years, it won ...
Category: Issues
Social Security Benefits Lose 30% of Buying Power Since 2000
(Washington, DC) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost nearly one – third of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2017 Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The ...
2018 Cost of Living (COLA) Projection
(Washington, DC) – Social Security recipients can look forward to receiving an annual cost – of – living adjustment (COLA) of about 1.8 percent in 2018, according to an estimate released today by The Senior Citizens Leag ...
Q & A: September/October 2017
Q: When my husband passed away several years ago in 2013, I wasn’t working. I claimed a Social Security widow’s benefit based on his account that year at the age 62, receiving $1,420 per month. When I started my benefit ...
Benefit Bulletin: September/October 2017
What Your Member Of Congress Might Try To Tell You About The COLA Don’t be surprised if you hear your Member of Congress say that the Social Security cost–of–living adjustment (COLA) is too high — and that you are ov ...
Fraud And Abuse Are Costing Medicare — (And You Too!)
The federal government made more than $16 billion in erroneous payments to Medicare Advantage health plans last year. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently testified that nearly 10% of payments to Medi ...
Social Security Forecast: 1.8%-2% COLA
Social Security recipients can expect a cost–of–living adjustment (COLA) of about 1.8%-2% starting in January, according to a new TSCL estimate. That continues a trend of extremely low COLA growth over the past five year ...
House Budget Resolution Takes Aim At Social Security & Medicare
Mary Johnson, Editor President Trump’s campaign promise not to touch Social Security or Medicare may be on its way to the dumpster. The President’s own party has released a House budget resolution containing a bu ...
Social Security Reform “Trigger” Buried in GOP Budget Resolution Says The Senior Citizens League
(Washington, DC) – The House fiscal year 2018 budget resolution includes instructions for creating an unusual Social Security “reform trigger” and sets up an expedited path for ensuing legislation, says The Senior Citize ...
Ask the Advisor: August 2017
How Would My Son’s Caregiver Be Affected By Medicaid Cuts? Q: How would the healthcare replacement legislation in Congress affect homecare and long-term care services covered by Medicaid? My 44-year old son was born ...
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