Most analysts believe that switching to a more – stingy measure of inflation to determine annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) will form a key provision to larger government-wide deficit reduction legislation. The i ...
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Major Immigration Reform Legislation Moving in Congress
Congress is coming together on immigration legislation that would provide work authorization and access to Social Security numbers to millions of immigrants who worked here illegally. A new TSCL research report based on ...
89% of Seniors Say Expenses Rising More Than Current Cost-Of-Living Adjustment (COLA)
Alexandria, VA (April, 2013) President Obama's new budget proposal would trim Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs). Proponents say it's a relatively minor technical fix that calls for switching to a "mor ...
Your Opinion Can Change Votes In Congress!
Should Congress Raise the Medicare Eligibility Age? A recent TSCL poll asked: "With Americans living longer, do you think it would be fair to raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67?" No: 55% Yes: 4 ...
Billions Earned Under Fake Social Security Numbers Could Calculate Benefits
Alexandria, VA (March 13, 2013) Major immigration reform legislation would provide work authorization and Social Security numbers for an estimated 11 million immigrants working here illegally. But without changes to p ...
Growth of the Social Security Earnings Suspense File Points to the Rising Potential Cost of Unauthorized Work To Social Security
By Mary Johnson, Social Security and Medicare Policy Analyst for The Senior Citizens League, February 2013 Summary An inconsistency between U.S. immigration law and Social Security policy threatens to add substa ...
Past COLA Changes Costing Seniors Thousands In Social Security Annually
A widely-discussed plan to reduce the federal deficit would use a slower-growing consumer price index (CPI), known as the “chained” CPI, to calculate the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). The proposal, often refe ...
Response to PolitiFact-Georgia Claims
In an October 15, 2012 “analysis,”of a position taken by TSCL, PolitiFact-Georgia, a self-proclaimed fact-checking Website, took issue with TSCL’s views about the dangers associated with the proposed U.S./Mexico Totaliza ...
Medicare/Medicaid Dual Eligibles May Be in For Health Plan Change
Tests are underway in up to 26 states to move as many as 3 million “dual eligibles” — people who receive both Medicare and Medicaid — into managed-care health plans. Alexandria, VA - August 11, 2012 -- Low-income seni ...
Seniors Lose 34 Percent of Their Buying Power Since 2000: 2012 Annual Survey of Senior Costs Finds Expenses Have Increased More Than Twice as Fast as Social Security COLA
May 15, 2012 (Washington, DC) – Seniors have lost more than one-third of their buying power since 2000, according to the Annual Survey of Senior Costs, released today by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). TSCL is one of ...
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