Reducing the cost of prescription drugs has become a major focus of both President Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).  We have written about the Pelosi bill (H.R.3) that is currently making its way t ...

There are numerous bills in the House of Representatives that have as their purpose the lowering of prescription drug prices.  The Senior Citizens League has endorsed and lobbied for passage of eight of those bills.  The ...

2020 Open Enrollment for Medicare starts Oct 15 - and ends Dec 7 Medicare health and drug plans can make changes each year—things like cost, coverage, and what providers and pharmacies are in their networks. October 15 ...

By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Retirees’ budgets take a beating when prescription drug prices rise faster than the annual cost – of – living adjustments (COLAs).  But new legislation moving in the Senate would ...

As we suspected, Congress has now officially admitted they won't finish their work on time and once again will have to pass what amounts to emergency legislation to keep the government open.  Actually, to say it was emer ...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is expected to unveil a bill, perhaps as early as next week, that would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of hundreds of drugs in Medicare that have little or no alter ...

The House of Representatives returned to work this week after the traditional August recess.  The Senate, however, does not come back until next week. The August recess is a tradition that dates back to the early days ...

Congress was on recess this week, but that didn’t stop the wheels from turning on Capitol Hill.  This week the League met with Congresswoman Grace Meng’s office (NY-6) to discuss Notch Reform Legislation.  And, a special ...