By Alex Moore Although Medicare Advantage (MA) plans usually offer vision, hearing, and dental benefits not covered by traditional Medicare, MA beneficiaries generally don’t receive additional care in those areas, whi ...
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The Treasury Department Just Clawed Back $31 Million in Federal Payments to Dead People
By Alex Moore This January, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has recovered $31 million in federal payments that improperly went to dead people in a five-month pilot project. The Treasury Department under ...
American vs. U.K. Healthcare: The Good and the Bad
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent I lived in England for 10 years, worked, got a driver's license, joined a book club, and needed medical care. There, virtually all costs that we’d associate with health insur ...
Legislative Update: Medicare Begins Price Negotiations for Weight-Loss Drugs
By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison, TSCL In January, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the next 15 drugs whose prices it will negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies, using power ...
Should You Be Worried About DOGE and Social Security?
By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL The new Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, has spent a lot of time in the headlines over the last few months. Headed by Elon Musk, the agency was established by th ...
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2026 COLA Prediction Update February
For Immediate Release – March 12, 2025 Expected 2026 COLA at 2.2% as SSA prepares to claw back Social Security overpayments. TSCL’s COLA model predicts that the 2026 COLA will come in at 2.2 percent after the Bureau of ...
U.K. Healthcare vs. American Healthcare: How Prescriptions Differ
By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent I lived in England for 10 years, worked, got a driver's license, joined a book club, and needed medical care. Here are facts and observations written from the point of obs ...
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