In spite of the coronavirus emergency, TSCL is continuing its fight for you to protect your Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits. We've had to make some adjustments in the way we carry on our work but we have ...

Sometimes (maybe most of the time) when dealing with our government it seems like things move at a snails’ pace.  But then, once in awhile, events move so quickly it's hard to keep up with them.  The latter was certainly ...

Have You Ever Received a Surprise Medical Bill? By Shannon Benton, Executive Director It happens all too often.  Out - of - the - blue you get a gut-wrenchingly high medical bill for services that you thought were ...

Congress was back at work this week and they hoped to move ahead with the legislation needed to fund the government for fiscal year 2021, lower prescription drug prices and many other things.  But the coronavirus situati ...

Congress was out of session this week because of the Presidents' Day holiday. Nearly all of those up for re-election (all of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate) were back in their home states and di ...

With the impeachment drama out of the way Congress really got down to business this week. Health care is the number one issue on the minds of voters as we head toward the November elections and Congress knows it. Heal ...

The big legislative health care news this week was President Trump’s call for bi-partisan legislation to lower prescription drug prices in his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening.  In his address he commended S ...

The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) staff attended a hearing on Capitol Hill this week at the Senate Special Committee on Aging titled, “That’s Not the Government Calling:  Protecting Seniors from the Social Security Imper ...

Legislation to lower the cost of prescription drugs remains one of TSCL’s top priorities. Although the House of Representatives has passed a bill to accomplish that priority, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ...