Do Healthcare Costs Grow Faster Under Medicare Than Under Private Insurance? Q: Which type of insurance has been better at controlling healthcare costs? Medicare or Medicare Advantage? How does this affect my healt ...
Category: Issues
Benefit Bulletin: March/April 2020
What to do When You Can’t Afford Medicare Premiums By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board Medicare Part B premiums jumped $9.10 per month in 2020 — one of the biggest increases in recent years. While the Social Se ...
Should Social Security Benefits be Adjusted Using a Locality-based Payment Rate?
Mary Johnson, editor Should Social Security benefits be adjusted annually using a locality – based payment rate? Some of you, particularly those of you who are retired federal employees know far more about locality - ...
Part D Out-of-Pocket Costs Take Record Jump
Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage hit a new milestone this year. The highly — loathed “doughnut hole” or “coverage gap” closed this year. But that doesn’t mean prescriptions will be free. The co-insurance in ...
Medicare Now Covers Testing For Coronavirus
The coronavirus is a more severe flu strain than the seasonal flu which means more people require greater medical care. For most people this flu is survivable but without the extra medical care that someone might normal ...
Congress Should Cap Out-of-Pocket Costs For Medicare Part D Prescription Drugs
(Washington, DC) – Seventy-eight percent of retirees think Congress should cap what Medicare beneficiaries must spend out-of-pocket on prescription drugs, according to new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). Un ...
Q & A: February 2020
I Thought My Co-pay Would Be $47. Why Did I Have To Pay $453.45? Q: I’m enrolled in a Part D drug plan. I thought I would get my brand name drug Eliquis, for a $47 copay, but I was charged $485.45. Why was that? ...
Benefit Bulletin: February 2020
TSCL Endorses Legislation That Would Help the Public Understand Social Security Benefits By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board People close to retirement sometimes tell us they don’t have a clue about how much the ...
How A Tax on “Wealthy” Retirees Ended Up A Tax On The Middle Class
Mary Johnson, editor Roughly one-half of all retiree households report that a portion of their Social Security benefits is subject to taxation, according to TSCL’s Senior Surveys. That’s substantially more than expec ...
Legislation Ending “Surprise” Medical Bills Passes the House
This month Congress took the first step to deal with the exploitative practice of “surprise” medical bills.” Legislation is advancing in the House that would protect patients from surprise medical bills and set up the p ...
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