I am 92 years old and live on Social Security. I live with my son and his wife so am not hurting too badly. But the rise in health insurance is taking a good-sized chunk of my only source of income. My doctor refused ...
Category: Issues
TSCL Files Third FOIA Lawsuit
Like the enormous sword of Greek legend hanging by a single hair above the head of Damocles, the U.S. Totalization agreement with Mexico continues to remain hanging over our nation’s Social Security program. The agreeme ...
What’s The Impact Of Illegal Work On Social Security? Lines At Social Security Offices At The Border
By Mary Johnson Here’s something hard to believe, but true. Our government is paying Social Security benefits to thousands of Mexicans who don’t live in this country, or were never entitled to benefits based on their o ...
The Social Security Notch: An Economic Analysis By Dr. John Haldi
By John Haldi The Notch refers to the one-time, precipitous and unprecedented drop in Social Security benefits paid to people born in 1917 and the years immediately thereafter. This drop in benefits resulted from the 1 ...
Legislative Updates: COLA’s & Medicare Premiums
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant Over the past several months many different plans and ideas have surfaced to reduce the federal deficit, including what the government spends on Social Security and Medicare. ...
Legislative Update: Social Security Trust Funds
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant During our slow, arduous economic recovery that followed the financial crisis and recession of 2008 and 2009, many government programs, Social Security in particular, were stre ...
Legislative Update: September 2011
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) often hears from seniors who, in their advanced age, have drawn down all of their assets and are relying solely on Social Security as their ...
COLAs & Medicare Remain on Deficit Reduction Cutting Table
Under growing pressure to reduce the federal deficit, the prospect of major Social Security and Medicare cuts is the greatest it’s been in almost three decades. The recent debt limit deal calls for a bipartisan committe ...
COLA Cuts “Easy Money”?
With deficit reduction negotiations running into the federal debt limit deadline, cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) cuts remain on a short list of dwindling options for Congressional leaders and the White House. With ...
Does The Social Security COLA Overpay Seniors? Deficit Cutters Say COLAs Need A “Trim”
Alexandria, VA (June 14, 2011) Cost-of-living-adjustments (COLAs) are "overpaying" Social Security recipients, and the government needs to switch to an "improved" method of measuring inflation that will give them a "smal ...
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