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 than necessary because low-income seniors are randomly assigned to ...
Category: Issues
Ask The Advisor: Why Are My Out-of-Pocket Costs So High?
Why Are My Out-of-Pocket Costs So High? Q: Although my Medicare Advantage Plan did not raise premiums much over the past two years, I discovered that I had to pay considerably more out-of-pocket than I expected to th ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Medicare Part B SSI Deduction
Why Is Social Security Deducting Premiums For Medicare When My Son Gets Medicaid? Q: My 40-year old son is disabled with cerebral palsy and lives with me. He was receiving a $721 a month SSI payment and Medicaid. W ...
No Support Among Seniors For Likely Disability Trust Fund Fix
Alexandria, VA: A leading proposal to temporarily fix the looming insolvency of the Social Security disability trust fund by reallocating payroll taxes has virtually no support among seniors, according to a new poll by ...
The Two Medicare Fixes That Seniors Hate Most
Alexandria, VA: An overwhelming majority of seniors oppose two Medicare changes that are among the most widely - discussed reforms in Congress, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Eighty-one ...
U.S. Treasury Seizes Tax Refunds For Old Social Security Debts
The Social Security Administration recently called a halt to a controversial effort to collect debts that were more than 10 years old. For the past three years the government has confiscated tax refunds of hundreds of t ...
Healthcare Costs Taking More Than One-Third of Social Security Benefits for Many Seniors
By Mary Johnson Here's a stark finding — 44% of seniors responding to TSCL's 2014 Annual Senior Survey say they spend more than one-third of their Social Security benefits on healthcare costs. Included in that number ...
“Administrative Amnesty” Gives Work Authorized SSNs to Known Illegals
An immigration program launched by the Obama Administration two years ago has issued valid, work-authorized Social Security numbers to about 600,000 applicants who attest to be in the country illegally. The program, kno ...
Social Security & Medicare Questions: Does Medicare Require Me To Get A Referral?
Does Medicare Require Me To Get A Referral? Q: Does Medicare require me to get a referral? I recently turned 65 and enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. I'm unhappy with a specialist that I'm currently seeing who ...
Will Immigration Reform Put Illegal Immigrants On Path To Social Security?
A push in the House to give legal status to illegal immigrants is reviving some movement toward immigration legislation this year. But the effort is running into outspoken opposition, including that from TSCL's grass roo ...
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