July 15, 2011 (Washington, DC) – The most likely deficit reduction proposals are also the most harmful to the nation’s elderly, according to The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), one of the nation’s largest nonpartisan seni ...
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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 ...
Where’s My Social Security Payment? What Happens When The Social Security Trust Fund Runs Out?
Alexandria, VA (April 2, 2012) The Social Security trust fund that pays the benefits of almost 8.6 million disabled people is less than four years from complete insolvency, warns the Senior Citizens League (TSCL), o ...
Another Three Years Of Extremely Low COLAs? SS Checks Of Millions May Shrink
Alexandria, VA (March 28, 2012) Benefits may fall for about 5.7 million Social Security beneficiaries next year, according to a new analysis released by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), one of the nation's largest ...
Your Health: New Clues As To Why Some Older People May Be Losing Their Memory
New research links “silent strokes,” or small spots of dead brain cells, found in about one out of four older adults, to memory loss in the elderly. The study is published in the January 3, 2012, print issue of Neurology ...
Congressman Mike McIntyre Receives TSCL 2012 Seniors Advocate Award
June 20, 2012 (Washington, DC) – One of North Carolina’s staunchest seniors’ advocates was recently recognized for his efforts on behalf of the nation’s senior citizens. Representative Mike McIntyre (D-NC-7) received t ...
Over 65? Prevent Big Medicare Penalty Costs – Sign Up Now During Annual General Enrollment Period
Alexandria, VA (February 6, 2012) Are you age 65 or older? Have you signed up for Medicare Part B yet? Skipping Medicare enrollment, because it seems less expensive to go with employer coverage by taking either reti ...
Did Your Social Security Benefit Grow This Year After Paying Medicare Costs?
Alexandria, VA (January 30, 2012) Seniors got a modest 3.6% boost in their Social Security benefit this year. But whether it's making a difference in the bank balances of the more than 39.5 million seniors aged 65 and ...
How The Unresolved Deficit Affects Seniors: Take TSCL’s Annual Senior Survey!
The next twelve months is one of the most critical periods for the nation’s seniors and disabled who receive Social Security and Medicare. The failure of a special Joint Committee of Congress known as the “super committe ...
27% Of Seniors Spend Up To Half Of Their Social Security On Healthcare: TSCL Releases 2011 Healthcare Cost Survey
The lack of growth in Social Security benefits and rapid rise in healthcare costs is causing a financial dilemma for Medicare beneficiaries that may be jeopardizing the health of many who are foregoing needed medical car ...