It may be one of the government's best-kept secrets - programs that pay your Medicare Part B premiums. Yet despite the dramatic climb in Medicare Part B premiums over the past five years, only one out of three eligible ...
Category: Notch Articles
Notch Legislation Introduced In The 110th Congress
Congressman Ralph Hall (R-TX) reintroduced the Notch Fairness Act, H.R. 368, on January 10, 2007. This legislation would give individuals born in the Notch years an option of a $5,000 lump-sum benefit payable over fo ...
Notch Bulletin – Notch Reform Has Strong Support In New Congress
Notch Reform continues to be an issue of major importance to seniors and their families. In fact, over 100 co-sponsors of "The Notch Fairness Act" were re-elected to the new Congress. TSCL is already meeting with n ...
Notch Bulletin: January 2011
Recently we received the following from one of our readers: I’m a World War II vet who served with the U.S. Air Force, having two years service in the Pacific-Asiatic theater. I am now nearly 87 years old, living on a ...
Notch Bulletin: February 2011
Recently we received the following from one of our readers: I went to my local Social Security office to talk to them about the inadequacy of my monthly benefit. I told them I was a Notch Baby (1926) and therefore rece ...
Notch Bulletin: March 2011
Recently we received the following from one of our readers: Please tell me how long your organization has been working on the Notch legislation with Congress. We are 84 to 93 years old. How many Notch Babies are still ...
Notch Bulletin: May 2011
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 ...
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 ...