New Bills Regarding Medicare/Social Security Benefits Introduced in Congress The following legislation of interest to TSCL and our supporters has been introduced recently in Congress.  Unfortunately, there is no addit ...

Fight Over Surprise Billing Regulations in Washington Last year TSCL joined the fight to end “surprise billing,” a practice that generally refers to expensive, unexpected medical bills that patients receive from hospi ...

Here’s the Place to Start Strengthening Social Security Funding and Benefits Shannon Benton, Executive Director Can we strengthen Social Security’s financing in such a way that we can also provide a modest boost in ...

President Biden Signs Bill to Delay Medicare Payment Cuts Last Wednesday President Biden signed legislation temporarily halting cuts to Medicare providers that would likely have had a negative impact on seniors who r ...

Fully Vaccinated? Anxious to start traveling again?  Here’s important news for you. Congress is out of session until April 12, but we have important news regarding updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control ...

House Passes Bill to Stop Cuts in Medicare Payments – but Senate Passage in Doubt Passage of legislation in Congress is more complicated than most people realize.  The Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to s ...

Surprise!  Congress Passes Legislation Banning Surprise Medical Bills Shannon Benton, Executive Director Last year, more than one-fourth of participants in TSCL’s Senior Survey reported that they had received a “su ...

Using Generic Drugs Could Save Billions of Dollars A new study by the Journal of the American Medical Association says that the Medicare Part D program could have saved roughly $1.7 billion in 2017 if doctors and pati ...