By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Since 1990, Medicare has been considered a high-risk program due to its complexity and its susceptibility to fraud, waste, and abuse. Last year alone, the program spent at leas ...
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Legislative Update for Week Ending June 13, 2014
This week, Members of one Senate Appropriations Subcommittee approved a spending bill that would fund the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs through fiscal year 2015. In addition, The Senior Citizens League ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending June 6, 2014
This week, Members of the Senate voted to confirm Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In addition, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) saw two key bills gain s ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending May 30, 2014
This week, the immigration reform debate was revived in the House following an important announcement from President Obama. Meanwhile, The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) announced its support for one new piece of legislat ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending May 23, 2014
This week, the Senate Finance Committee voted to advance the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In addition, one subcommittee held a hearing o ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending May 16, 2014
This week, lawmakers in the House adjourned for a week-long recess, while those in the Senate heard from Sylvia Mathews Burwell, who was recently nominated by President Obama to serve as the next Secretary of the Departm ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending May 9, 2014
This week, Members of Congress continued to focus on a series of fiscal 2015 appropriations bills – including one that would provide funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Centers for Medicare and M ...
Legislative Update for Week Ending May 2, 2014
This week, lawmakers turned their attention towards a series of fiscal 2015 appropriations bills. Meanwhile, one House subcommittee met to discuss Medicare fraud, The Senior Citizens League’s (TSCL’s) legislative team me ...
Legislative Update: May 2014
Is June The "Sweet Spot" For Immigration Reform? By Jessie Gibbons, Legislative Assistant Last June, lawmakers in the Senate passed a comprehensive immigration reform package that totaled 1,200 pages and laid out a p ...
Benefit Bulletin: 2014 COLA Repeal
Military Retiree COLA Cut Attempt Shot Down — Prelude To Next Battle? In the face of bipartisan outrage, Congress swiftly repealed a recently - enacted cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) cut before it could go into effe ...