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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Tests are underway in up to 26 states to move as many as 3 million “dual eligibles” — people who receive both Medicare and Medicaid…
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…
