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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New Poll by The Senior Citizens League: 77% of Seniors Oppose New Obama Immigration Policy
Alexandria, VA - August 20, 2012 -- A new immigration policy recently launched by the Obama Administration could backfire when senior voters head for the polls this fall. Seventy-seven percent of Senior Americans do not ...
Social Security COLA May Be Post-Election Deficit-Cutting Target
Alexandria, VA (Oct 16, 2012) Seniors will get one of the lowest cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) paid in the past decade next January. But even so, COLAs remain a key target in post-election deficit reduction efforts, ...
National Seniors Group Announces Three Social Security Proposals It Supports & Three It Opposes
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 ...
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 ...
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