Millions of Seniors Are Losing Benefits A new report has found that millions of senior Americans are missing out on over $20 billion in benefits that help pay for healthcare, prescriptions, food, and utilities. TSCL is ...
Category: Notch Articles
Benefit Bulletin: March 2012
White House Says Notch Babies Are Receiving a “Fair Share” Recently TSCL received a note from a Florida Notch baby who shared an interesting letter from the Obama White House. Henry M. wrote to the President about the ...
Benefit Bulletin: New Poverty Measure Indicates More Older Americans Living In Poverty
The Census Bureau recently released a new poverty measure that is fueling controversy over how the federal government calculates federal poverty guidelines. The guidelines determine eligibility for a host of programs, in ...
Medicaid Funding Cuts May Affect Notch Babies
Low-income seniors, including about one-quarter of all Notch Babies, may be feeling the effects of the expiration of federal stimulus funding for Medicaid that ended recently. The recession drove up Medicaid enrollment s ...
Benefit Bulletin: October 2011
Find Help For Notch Babies — Benefits Check Up The holidays are one of the few times during the year that most of the family gets together. It may be a good time for Notch Babies — especially those with limited incom ...
Benefit Bulletin: October 2011
Notch Babies were the group of seniors on the receiving end of major changes to the Social Security benefit formula that Congress enacted in 1977. Retirees born from 1917 through 1926 received lower Social Security benef ...
Notch Bulletin: Not Even A Lump Sum Death Benefit
Recently, we received the following from one of our readers: My sister was in the “Notch Group” and she struggled to get along on her meager benefit. She passed away a little over a year and half ago and those sorry ro ...
Benefit Bulletin: September 2011
Notch Babies are painfully aware of the financial impact of the 1977 changes to the Social Security benefit formula that chiseled a “Notch” out of their benefits. Now, new research from Jeremy Moulton of the University ...
Notch Bulletin: August 2011
Medicaid Cuts Would Hit Notch Babies And Families Hardest Much of the debate over federal deficit reduction plans has been focused on overhauling Medicare and making changes to Social Security. But a major funding chan ...
Notch Bulletin: July 2011
I am writing for assistance in applying for the Notch Settlement on behalf of my widowed mother who has been a supporter of this cause for several years. Recently we received the following from one of our readers: I am ...