By Alex Moore As you probably already know, Social Security is funded by a payroll tax. The rate is currently 12.4 percent, with employees and employers each paying 6.2 percent of wages up to the taxable maximum of $1 ...

By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent MOOP stands for Maximum Out of Pocket. As a licensed insurance agent, I’m required to quote it to my clients when I help them pick an insurance plan, but people often struggl ...

By Daisy Brown, Legislative Liaison, TSCL Seniors have cause to rejoice. The Social Security Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill long in the making, finally passed the U.S. Senate and was signed by the President on Januar ...

By Alex Moore The typical senior household spends nearly 2 percent of its budget on clothing and apparel, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That isn’t all seniors, though. Aging fashion-lovers often spend m ...

By Susan Stewart, Licensed Insurance Agent Medicare Open Enrollment has ended for 2025, and one of the biggest challenges I’ve seen across all 37 states I’m licensed in this year is providers, including primary care p ...

By Alex Moore According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), American Indians and Alaska Natives experience severe health disparities compared to the general U.S. population and are more likely t ...

By Edward Cates, Chairman, TSCL This October, the Social Security Administration announced that the 2025 COLA, implemented this month, would be 2.5 percent. This increase is the average yearly inflation for the third ...