By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant Since passage of Medicare in 1965 all seniors received the same benefits for the same standard premium. But in 2003, Congress took the unprecedented step of passing legislatio ...
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Legislative Update For The Week Ending January 14, 2011
Congress This Week This week, the House of Representatives was scheduled to consider legislation which would repeal the health care reform law. However, due to the tragic shooting in Arizona over the weekend—which left ...
Legislative Update: November 2010
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant There’s hardly anyone who isn’t feeling the effects of our “Great Recession.” We’ve learned of seniors sharing depression-era survival techniques with younger family members. ...
Legislative Update: June 2010
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant In March of this year, after nearly a year of debate in Congress, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. As the initial media coverag ...
Legislative Update: May 2009
Is Entitlement Reform in the Near Future? By Jamie McMillen, TSCL Legislative Director As the month of February came to a close, President Barack Obama held a ‘fiscal responsibility summit’ to address certain long- ...
Legislative Update: July 2011
The Time is NOW for a Fair Social Security COLA! Jamie McMillen, TSCL Legislative Director The economy appears to be in a downward spiral, and many seniors we hear from are having a difficult time making ends meet. M ...
Legislative Update: Social Security and Medicare Commission Proposed
Seniors may be hearing some big proposals to cut Social Security and Medicare soon. Seniors may be hearing some big proposals to cut Social Security and Medicare soon. Congress recently was told that Social Security an ...
Legislative Updates: COLA’s & Medicare Premiums
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant Over the past several months many different plans and ideas have surfaced to reduce the federal deficit, including what the government spends on Social Security and Medicare. ...
Legislative Update: Social Security Trust Funds
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant During our slow, arduous economic recovery that followed the financial crisis and recession of 2008 and 2009, many government programs, Social Security in particular, were stre ...
Legislative Update: September 2011
By Mike Watson, TSCL Legislative Assistant The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) often hears from seniors who, in their advanced age, have drawn down all of their assets and are relying solely on Social Security as their ...
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