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Social Security Benefits Lose 30% of Buying Power Since 2000

(Washington, DC) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost nearly one – third of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2017 Social Security Loss…

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2018 Cost of Living (COLA) Projection

(Washington, DC) – Social Security recipients can look forward to receiving an annual cost – of – living adjustment (COLA) of about 1.8 percent in…

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Extreme Drug Cost Variation Between Drug Plans in Medicare Part D

(Washington, DC) – Medicare doesn’t have the authority to negotiate drug prices, leaving millions of older Americans at risk of price gouging for their prescription…

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Beneficiaries’ Healthcare Costs Growing Faster Than Medicare Trustees Estimate, According to Survey By The Senior Citizens League

(Washington, DC) – Rapidly-growing Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs swallow more than one-third of the Social Security benefits of 33 percent of older Americans, according…

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Social Security Reform “Trigger” Buried in GOP Budget Resolution Says The Senior Citizens League

(Washington, DC) – The House fiscal year 2018 budget resolution includes instructions for creating an unusual Social Security “reform trigger” and sets up an expedited…

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Proposal To Slow COLAs Not Accurate For Adjusting Social Security Benefits

(Washington, DC) – A budget proposal to switch to an alternate consumer price index, for calculating the annual Social Security cost – of – living…

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Senate Health Bill Buries The Biggest Medicaid Cuts Using An Insufficient Inflation Adjustment

(Washington, DC) – The Senate’s health care repeal and replace bill, contains significantly deeper Medicaid cuts than those in the House bill, according to a…

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Social Security Benefits Lose 30% of Buying Power Since 2000

(Washington, DC) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost nearly one – third of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2017 Social Security Loss…

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GOP Tax Reform Proposal Opposite Of What Older Voters Support

(Washington, DC) – A tax reform plan being floated by the House GOP would meet strong opposition from activists and older voters, warns The Senior…

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Household Spending Up – Social Security Benefits Flat

(Washington, DC) –    Older Americans report that their household budgets jumped substantially last year despite the lack of growth in their Social Security benefits,…

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