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…
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…
Big Effort to Lower Drug Prices Once Again in Congress Last year the House of Representatives passed major legislation to lower drug prices that included…
House Passes Bill to Stop Cuts in Medicare Payments – but Senate Passage in Doubt Passage of legislation in Congress is more complicated than most…
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…
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…
This week the House of Representatives is expected to pass the final version of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, after which the President…
Health Care System Weaknesses Magnified During Pandemic During the coronavirus pandemic, health care in the United States, or at least certain parts of it, has…
Medicare Pays More for Drugs than Medicaid Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report that revealed Medicare outpatient plans are three times…
Will Our New Congress Pass a Benefit Boost? By Shannon Benton, Executive Director As our nation goes through the process of getting vaccinated for COVID-19…