(Washington, DC) – Older Americans are not to blame for an exploding federal budget deficit warns The Senior Citizens League. “Congress can’t cut taxes by…
(Washington, DC) – A little-noticed Medicare cut is likely to subject roughly 10 percent of beneficiaries to sharply rising Medigap supplement premiums, warns The Senior…
(Washington, DC) – Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) would need to double their rate of growth and Medicare Part B premium increases would need to…
(Washington, DC) – Higher taxes — lower benefits — more complexity. A new, more slowly growing consumer price index (CPI), known as the chained CPI,…
(Washington, DC) – About 56 percent of all Social Security households pay taxes on a portion of their Social Security benefits, according to a national…
(Washington, DC) – A survey of older voters indicates that Congressional plans to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid in order to shrink the deficit…
(Washington, DC) – For older Americans, the high cost of prescription drugs is a leading deterrent to filling prescriptions or taking required medications as directed,…
(Washington, DC) – Despite receiving the largest Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) in five years, the majority of retired and disabled beneficiaries will…
(Washington, DC) – The tax bill being discussed in the U.S. House contains what may be only a fleeting benefit for middle class and older…
(Washington, DC) – The Social Security Administration has announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase benefits by 2.0 percent for 2018. While the increase is…