As many as four out of every ten Medicare beneficiaries who do not receive low-income assistance may be at risk of hitting the Part D doughnut hole and uncovered drug costs in 2012. According to a new online survey condu ...
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Seven Ways To Avoid Being Overcharged For Your Prescriptions
Tips from The Senior Citizens League Drug plans across the nation are making significant changes to their coverage in 2012. Even though premiums may stay about the same, many plans are imposing new or higher deductibles ...
Seniors Will Get 3.6% COLA Next Year, But Lower COLAs May Be Ahead
Alexandria, VA (October 24, 2011) In January, for the first time in two years, Social Security recipients will get a sorely-needed cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). Benefits will rise 3.6% in 2012, following a surge in ...
Comparing Drug Plans Saves Senior More Than $3,000
Alexandria, VA (October 18, 2011) Irene H., a senior living in Central Virginia, will achieve a milestone this fall that few other 86-year olds can boast of. The thrifty senior, who takes three prescription medications ...
How Much Will You Need For Medicare Costs?
Alexandria, VA (October 3, 2011) Don't make the mistake of underestimating what you will need for Medicare, warns The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), one of the nation's largest nonpartisan seniors groups. "Medicare cos ...
COLA 3.6% Next Year
TSCL Fights Plan To Cut COLAs For the first time in two years, seniors will get a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) starting in January. But whether they see a boost in their bank statements is another matter. The So ...
How Is The Senior Citizens League Different From AARP?
Earlier this year, a Congressional report referred to the AARP as a “massive for-profit enterprise” whose financial structure “conflicts with its legal requirements to ‘primarily operate to promote the common good and so ...
Senior Citizens League Opposes Use Of Social Security Funds For Tax Cut (Press Release)
March 14, 2001, Alexandria, VA-`The TREA Senior Citizens League adamantly opposes any efforts to tap the Social Security Trust Fund to pay for any new or continuing programs-including a tax cut,` said George Smith, chair ...
Seniors May Get COLA Next Year, But Medicare Premiums Will Take It All
Alexandria, VA (March 23, 2010) First, here's the good news - the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently forecast that annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) of Social Security beneficiaries will resume next ...
Medicare Costs Too High? Three Medicare Proposals That Would Make You Pay Even More
Alexandria, VA (April 5, 2011) Congress is considering three major deficit reduction proposals that would make seniors pay even more for their Medicare than they do now. The debate over federal spending on Medicare is o ...
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