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 ...
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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 ...
Think You’ve Got Enough For Retirement? Think Again
By Mary Johnson Think you’ve got enough to live on in retirement? A study by Hewitt Associates found that seniors need almost 16 times their final annual pay in retirement savings and resources to maintain their curr ...
Plan For Income From Several Sources
When Franklin Roosevelt signed Social Security into law as part of the New Deal in 1935, it was never designed to be anyone’s sole means of support in retirement. Strengthen your finances in retirement by developing ad ...
Save At Participating Businesses With Membership In TSCL
When you become a member by contributing $10 or more per year to The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) you’re entitled to valuable discounts at participating businesses and to receive The Social Security & Medicare Ad ...
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