TSCL Releases New Publication Want to learn more tips on how to save on Medicare and other health care costs? Order your copy of “The Best Ways To Save On Medicare Costs,” a special supplement to The Social Security &a ...
Category: Issues
“Opting” Out Of Former Employer’s Retiree Medicare Coverage Is It Ever A Good Idea?
By Mary Johnson, When Paula D. retired from her faculty position at a Virginia state community college and enrolled in Medicare at age 65, she qualified for supplemental Medicare coverage as a retiree benefit. Paula, l ...
Congressional Corner: McCaskill Questions The Financial Relationship Between Doctors & Pharmaceuti
News From the Office of Senator Claire McCaskill (MO) In a recent Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill questioned medical and pharmaceutical industry leaders about the financial rel ...
How To Find A Better Deal On Health Plans
Start Now! By Mary Johnson TSCL has received a growing volume of email from seniors who say their new Part D or Medicare Advantage plan isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Many of you complain of higher-than-expected ...
Medicare Part B Premiums $96.40
COLA Announcement Expected Soon By Mary Johnson Next year seniors will pay a standard monthly Part B premium of $96.40. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced the monthly Part B premium ded ...
Legislation Would Make It Easier For Low-Income Beneficiaries To Qualify For Medicare Assistance
TSCL Supports Low-Income Medicare Provisions, Bush Threatens Veto The House recently passed legislation that could help millions of seniors. The Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP) contained several s ...
Congressional Corner: Congress Must Start Making Rural Healthcare A Priority
By Representative Charlie Wilson (OH) Early in the summer, I spent an afternoon at one of two critical access hospitals in my district in Southeastern Ohio. It's a hospital with just 25 beds and an Emergency Department ...
OUTRAGEOUS! FDA Overzealous Regulations May Cost You
New regulatory threats, some at the urging of the pharmaceutical industry, could make it impossible for seniors to purchase certain products like vitamins and minerals without a prescription. It may sound outrageous, bu ...
Congressional Corner: New Rx Drug Bill Aimed at Saving Seniors Money
By Representative Patrick Murphy (PA) Within the first 100 hours of being sworn in I was proud to fulfill a campaign promise by voting to make bulk purchasing for prescription drugs for Medicare Part D a reality. I ...
Insurers Use Misleading Marketing Tactics
Better Medicare Consumer Protections Are Needed, Says TSCL Unsuspecting seniors have wound up in private health plans and discovered - too late - high, unexpected costs. Frequently, they didn't understand what they w ...
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