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FAQ: How “Chaining the COLA” Cuts Your Social Security

TSCL Mounts Nationwide Effort Fighting COLA Cuts A major move is underway to reduce government spending on Social Security by cutting the growth rate in…

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Congressional Corner: Preserving The Safety Net For Our Seniors

Representative Tim Murphy, Ph.D. (PA-18) Milk or medicine?  This unfair choice is forced upon thousands of senior citizens every day.  They must choose between basic…

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Should Social Security Continue to Pay Benefits Based On Illegal Work?

There’s been little debate over changing a provision of Social Security law that allows for payment of benefits to noncitizens based on earnings from illegal…

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Social Security & Medicare Questions: January 2013

Q:  I turn 66 this year and my wife is 65.  Neither one of us has started Social Security.  We receive health insurance through my…

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No Wonder Drug For Ailing Medicare Finances

By Mary Johnson Will 2013 be the year that Congress tells us to hold our nose and take our medicine?  Because healthcare costs remain the…

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Will 2013 Be a Year of Crisis?

COLAs Go Over The Fiscal Cliff Economic forecasts for 2013 warn of a financial crisis ahead.  Nobody is feeling it more acutely than seniors living…

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Over 50 Organizations Sign Letter to Congress Opposing Chained COLAs

The Senior Citizens League is not alone in its opposition to a widely-discussed plan to reduce the federal deficit that would use a slower-growing consumer…

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Past COLA Changes Costing Seniors Thousands In Social Security Annually

A widely-discussed plan to reduce the federal deficit would use a slower-growing consumer price index (CPI), known as the “chained” CPI, to calculate the annual…

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Response to PolitiFact-Georgia Claims

In an October 15, 2012 “analysis,”of a position taken by TSCL, PolitiFact-Georgia, a self-proclaimed fact-checking Website, took issue with TSCL’s views about the dangers associated…

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Seniors To Get One of Lowest COLAs Ever to be Paid

Will 1.7% COLAs Become The New Norm?   Food, energy, and healthcare costs are climbing, but starting in January Social Security recipients will get one…

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