(Washington, DC) – Despite receiving the largest Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA) in five years, the majority of retired and disabled beneficiaries will not see any increase in their net Social Security b ...
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Tax Plan Could Threaten Retirement Income, Warns The Senior Citizens League
(Washington, DC) – The tax bill being discussed in the U.S. House contains what may be only a fleeting benefit for middle class and older Americans, warns The Senior Citizens League. “The changes under consideration may ...
2018 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) Announced
(Washington, DC) – The Social Security Administration has announced that the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will increase benefits by 2.0 percent for 2018. While the increase is the highest in five years, it won ...
Social Security Benefits Lose 30% of Buying Power Since 2000
(Washington, DC) – Social Security beneficiaries have lost nearly one – third of their buying power since 2000, according to the 2017 Social Security Loss of Buying Power Study by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The ...
2018 Cost of Living (COLA) Projection
(Washington, DC) – Social Security recipients can look forward to receiving an annual cost – of – living adjustment (COLA) of about 1.8 percent in 2018, according to an estimate released today by The Senior Citizens Leag ...
Extreme Drug Cost Variation Between Drug Plans in Medicare Part D
(Washington, DC) – Medicare doesn’t have the authority to negotiate drug prices, leaving millions of older Americans at risk of price gouging for their prescription drugs, according to a new comparison of drug plans by T ...
Beneficiaries’ Healthcare Costs Growing Faster Than Medicare Trustees Estimate, According to Survey By The Senior Citizens League
(Washington, DC) – Rapidly-growing Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs swallow more than one-third of the Social Security benefits of 33 percent of older Americans, according to a recent survey by The Senior Citize ...
Social Security Reform “Trigger” Buried in GOP Budget Resolution Says The Senior Citizens League
(Washington, DC) – The House fiscal year 2018 budget resolution includes instructions for creating an unusual Social Security “reform trigger” and sets up an expedited path for ensuing legislation, says The Senior Citize ...
Proposal To Slow COLAs Not Accurate For Adjusting Social Security Benefits
(Washington, DC) – A budget proposal to switch to an alternate consumer price index, for calculating the annual Social Security cost – of - living - adjustment (COLA) is a bad deal for older and disabled Americans, says ...
Senate Health Bill Buries The Biggest Medicaid Cuts Using An Insufficient Inflation Adjustment
(Washington, DC) – The Senate’s health care repeal and replace bill, contains significantly deeper Medicaid cuts than those in the House bill, according to a new analysis by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). “Writers o ...
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