(Washington, DC) – Eighty-five (85) percent of retirees want Congress to enact legislation restricting “surprise” medical bills, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). This month Congress took t ...
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45 Percent of Retirees See Little Growth in Social Security Benefits
(Washington, DC) – Forty- five percent of retirees, report that that their net monthly Social Security benefit grew by less than $10 in 2019 despite receiving a 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment according to new surv ...
Majority of Retirees Think All Wages Should be Taxed for Social Security Purposes
(Washington, DC) – Eighty-three percent of retirees think Congress should modify Social Security’s financing by applying the Social Security payroll tax to all wages, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens Leag ...
Majority of Retirees Think Congress Should Modify Social Security COLA
(Washington, DC) – Eighty - five percent of retirees think Congress should modify Social Security to provide a higher annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), and they support very gradually raising payroll taxes to pay ...
Legislation Would Boost Average Social Security Benefits By About $70 In Ten Years
(Washington, DC) The average Social Security benefit would increase an additional $30 per month in 2020, if legislation under consideration in the House is signed into law before the end of the year, according to a new ...
Millions of Retirees Spend $5,000 Annually on Medicare Premiums
(Washington, DC) An estimated 10 million Medicare beneficiaries who are covered by a Medigap policy and a Part D plan, will spend about $5,000 in 2019 ($416 month) just for Medicare premiums, according to a national sur ...
Shopping For A Better Health Or Drug Plan Could Save Hundreds of Dollars
(Washington, DC) Making the effort to check health and prescription drug coverage during the Medicare Open Enrollment Period, October 15th through December 7th, can pay off in significant savings for retirees, says The ...
2020 Cost of Living Adjustment
(Washington, DC) – A new analysis from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) indicates that Social Security checks in 2019 are as much as 18 percent lower due to the impact of extremely low COLAs over the past ten years. F ...
Social Security COLA Drops to 1.6 Percent For 2020
(Washington, DC) The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2020 will be considerably lower than the 2.8 percent COLA received this year, according to a new estimate from The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). ...
Medigap Premiums Grew More Than Twice the Rate of the Social Security COLA Over Past Year — Forecast Worse for Next Year
(Washington, DC) According to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), premiums for Medicare supplemental insurance, known as Medigap, grew more than twice as fast as Social Security cost – of – living -adjust ...