New Legislation Aimed At Fixing Social Security and Medicare By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Senator Mitt Romney (UT) recently led a bipartisan Senate group in introducing legislation aimed at fixing Social S ...

This week a lot of important things happened in Washington that have nothing to do with impeachment.  Congress voted on funding for the federal government for the rest of the 2020, a public fight broke out between two po ...

There is good news this week for seniors regarding Medicare and Social Security.  You may have already seen the alert TSCL Chairman Rick Delaney sent out about the new legislation.  Yesterday the House passed H.R. 3, The ...

You wouldn't know it by watching the news or reading your newspaper but things besides the impeachment hearings are actually happening in Washington.  In fact, there are areas in which members of both parties are working ...

The Senior Citizens League Weekly Update for Week Ending November 29, 2019 An urgent story came out on Monday of this week which reported that there is a major problem with the on-line Medicare Cost Finder that millio ...

We've reported in previous weeks about H.R. 3, the legislation in the House of Representatives being referred to as the 'Pelosi bill.'  It is the top bill in the House, authored by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), ...

This week TSCL Board member and Legislative Liaison, Doug Osborne, was in Washington. D.C.  Mr. Osborne began his visit by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Veteran’s Day with TSCL’s parent organizat ...

Legislative Update for Week Ending November 8, 2019 The high cost of prescription drugs continues to beleaguer seniors, while Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) earned an estimated $22.6 billion in gross profits last ye ...

Today is November 1 which means there are 20 days left for Congress to reach agreement on funding the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2020, which began on October 1.  Despite that, the House of Repres ...

Drug Legislation Running Out of Time as Part D Costs Set to Soar By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Medicare Part D’s True Out-of-Pocket-Cost (TrOOP) spending requirements which are unusually high as it is, are ...