By Edward Cates, Chair, TSCL President Trump laid out a major new policy proposal in December on his social media platform, Truth Social. “SENIORS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX ON SOCIAL SECURITY!” he wrote, suggesting that he w ...
Category: Issues
Biden Proposal to Expand Medicare Access to Weight Loss Drugs Hangs in the Balance
By Alex Moore In November, former President Biden proposed expanding anti-obesity drugs, like Wegovy, for people with Medicare and Medicaid coverage. These drugs are currently only covered for people who use them to t ...
Tax Season and Your Social Security Benefits
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL It’s already February, which means that this year’s tax deadline of April 15 is just a few short weeks away. For many Social Security recipients, especially people who have just starte ...
January 2025
The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) Monthly Washington Update for the end of January 2025 The month of January certainly has generated a considerable volume of news out of Washington, D.C. As he had promised, immediately ...
Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2024 Could Be 3.1%
Press Briefing 5.10.23 Research on the buying power of Social Security benefits by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) confirms that inflation is moderating. But a lower inflation rate has not necessarily meant that pri ...
Q & A: December 2021
Will My Social Security Benefits Be Reduced? Q: I was born in 1960 and I’ve read that my Social Security benefits may be reduced. Has your group learned anything new about this issue? I turn 62 next year. A: TSC ...
Best Ways to Save: December 2021
Do You Know the Costs of Providing Care at Home? Here’s a List From Someone Who Knows Most older adults want to age in place and stay in their own homes as they grow older. But doing so takes a major commitment on t ...
How Long Will Inflation Continue? Expect to See Rising Costs in These Five Categories
By Mary Johnson, editor Will the 5.9% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) be enough to meet rising costs in 2022? Will Social Security recipients receive a big enough boost next year in order to afford groceries for the ...
Part B Premium Increase Of 14.5% One of Highest On Record
Although the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase benefits by 5.9% in 2022 — the highest inflation adjustment in 40 years — the Medicare Part B premium increase is still rapidly outpacing the COLA percen ...
Part B Premiums Rise 14.5%— Social Security 5.9%
In January, the Social Security checks of more than 69 million beneficiaries will rise by 5.9%. That cost- of - living adjustment (COLA) will increase an average monthly retiree benefit of $1,565 by $92 per month — far ...
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