By Daisy Brown, TSCL Legislative Liaison Millions of the lowest–income and most vulnerable older Americans are undergoing an unprecedented nationwide review of Medicaid enrollees. Every state in the nation has been tr ...
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Benefit Bulletin: More Older Americans Are Living In Poverty, Here’s How We Can Fix That
Edward Cates, Chairman of the Board, TSCL Poverty has increased among Americans aged 65 and up. According to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data, it grew from 8.9% in 2020 to 10.3% in 2021. TSCL was concerned to l ...
Cost of Living Adjustment For 2024 Likely To Be 3%
By Mary Johnson, editor Inflation is now at its lowest point in the past year. I’m overjoyed to see the price of eggs come down, although we still haven’t gotten back to $1.20 per dozen yet. One long-time neighbor of ...
Ask The Advisor: July/August 2023
Q: How would cost of living adjustments be affected if Congress used the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly instead of the one currently used? A: One of TSCL’s top legislative priorities is to work with Congress to ...
Medicare Costs Can Take Surprising Portion of Household Budget
Many new Medicare beneficiaries are surprised by the amount of household spending that gets gobbled up by Medicare premiums, out-of-pocket costs, and uncovered care. Those healthcare costs tend to be among the fastest - ...
The Law That Would Prohibit Payment of Your Full Social Security Benefits.
The Social Security Trust Funds are estimated to have enough revenue to pay scheduled benefits on time and in full for the next ten years. Yet apprehension over the potential for a national debt default and the potential ...
Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security Hearing on Fraud
Last month, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing to discuss the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) responsibility to do more to protect Americans from Social Security number (SSN)-related ...
Health Care Hearing
The Ways and Means Health Subcommittee also held a hearing last month to examine how and why healthcare costs have risen so much. In his opening statement at the hearing, subcommittee Chairman Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.) sa ...
House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee Hold Hearings on Social Security Fraud, Health Care Costs
Last month, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing to discuss the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) responsibility to do more to protect Americans from Social Security number (SSN)-related ...
Congressman John Larson – Press Brief
Congressman John Larson (CT-1), minority leader of the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, held a press conference on May 23rd announcing his intent to re-introduce The Social Security 2100 ...
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