What a New Congress Means For Medicare TSCL is closely following proposals that would overhaul Medicare as a part of the plans to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act. House Speaker Paul Ryan (WI) has put forward a pl ...
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House Lawmakers Want Fast Action on Social Security and Medicare Overhauls
By Mary Johnson, editor A group of lawmakers in the U.S. House recently announced they are working on plans to reform Social Security and Medicare, according to a recent story appearing in The Wall Street Journal. Th ...
Major COLA Cuts In House Social Security Overhaul Bill
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that, as president, he would not touch Social Security. But will he keep his word? In December of last year, legislation was introduced by a House Repu ...
Three Ways An Obamacare Repeal Would Affect Medicare
The new President and Congress are working to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) — more commonly known as Obamacare. The healthcare law included many provisions that affect Medicare and the 57 million retired and ...
Millionaires Need to Start Paying Their Fair Share
(Washington, DC) – Seventy - nine percent of older Americans think the highest -earning workers should be paying Social Security taxes on all of their wages, just like other workers do, according to recent survey by The ...
Social Security Benefits Go Up, But Most Beneficiaries See No Increase
Social Security recipients are finally getting a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) this year that became effective January 1st. But if you’re like Millicent G., a 72-year-old retired veterinary technician from Williamsbu ...
What’s A Medicare “Buy-In”?
In the debate over rising healthcare costs, attention has focused on people age 50 to 64 who are among those with the highest premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs. Some policy experts say that removing these ...
Two Ways The New President Can Improve Social Security Benefits For Women
By Mary Johnson, editor Roughly 27% of older single women are at high risk of living in poverty, because they have little other income to augment their Social Security benefits. Single women have it worse in retireme ...
Benefit Bulletin: January 2017
Congress, Keep Your Hands Out Of Our Pockets! In today’s climate of toxic partisanship, it’s natural to wonder whether polls and surveys have any real effect on how Congress votes. But your opinion counts a lot more ...
Q & A: January 2017
Q: If I start Social Security this year how much am I allowed to earn? I’ll turn age 66 in November. I’m currently working in a job that pays $52,000 per year plus health insurance. A: The answer depends upon whet ...
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