Where Can I Get Help With What Medicare Doesn't Cover? Q: I'm new to Medicare. I didn't realize that Medicare doesn't cover eye or hearing exams like my former insurance at work. My income is pretty low. Where can I g ...
Category: Issues
These Ten Fastest Growing Costs Can Blow Senior Budgets
Seniors have lost 31% of the buying power of their Social Security benefits since 2000, according to TSCL's 2014 Survey of Senior Costs. The findings are the same as last year; showing no improvement in the buying power ...
Majority Of Seniors Think Affordable Care Act Not So Affordable
Majority Of Seniors Think Affordable Care Act Not So Affordable New Survey Released By The Senior Citizens League Alexandria, VA: A large majority of seniors think that the costs of new health plans und ...
Ask The Advisor: Congress Salaries and COLA
How Much Did Congress Earn Last Year? Q: Can you tell me how much members of Congress earned last year after shutting down the government? Did they receive a COLA for 2014? I've heard conflicting stories. A: Member ...
Legislative Update: May 2014
Is June The "Sweet Spot" For Immigration Reform? By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Last June, lawmakers in the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform package that totaled 1,200 pages and laid out a p ...
Benefit Bulletin: 2014 COLA Repeal
Military Retiree COLA Cut Attempt Shot Down — Prelude To Next Battle? In the face of bipartisan outrage, Congress swiftly repealed a recently - enacted cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) cut before it could go into effe ...
No Lie! Affordable Care Act Not So Affordable
By Mary Johnson The Obama Administration and proponents of Obamacare have continued to downplay the cancellations of the health insurance of 4.7 million individual policy-holders (including yours truly) who received n ...
Administration Announces Plan To Remove Illegals From Medicare Rolls
The Obama administration recently proposed new regulations to deny Medicare to illegal immigrants and remove them from Medicare rolls. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are proposing U.S. citizenship o ...
How Adequate Are Social Security Benefits?
If you're like most seniors, you probably depend on Social Security for at least half of your income. But how well does the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) protect you from rising costs? TSCL will soon release so ...
What Would Food Cost Today If Prices Increased As Fast As Medicare?
Take A Look At This New Chart From The Senior Citizens League Alexandria, VA: Today's seniors are living longer and spending more years in retirement — which is why a Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) t ...
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