In our September update, we wrote about a video conference TSCL participated in that discussed the Medicare Advantage (MA) ads that inundate TV and mailboxes every fall during open enrollment season. We learned that t ...

Open enrollment season is the time of the year when you can make changes to your prescription drug coverage. If you’re eligible for Medicare and don’t have creditable drug coverage, which means drug coverage that is a ...

As TSCL’s analyst Mary Johnson predicted, the government announced that the Social Security COLA for 2024 will be 3.2%. That amounts to, on average, another $50 or so a month, bringing the average Social Security chec ...

U.S. Representatives Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) have recently introduced bipartisan, bicameral (House & Senate) legislation to require pharmaceutical companies to disclose the price of their dr ...

In case you haven’t heard, the Medicare open enrollment period has started, and it runs through Dec.  7.  This is when Medicare enrollees can make changes to their coverage effective for the 2024 plan year, including cha ...

2024 COLA Announcement ...

Consumer Reports magazine recently published an article about what can be done if the cost of your prescription medication goes up. Under President Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, vaccinations, including the shi ...

With the Medicare open enrollment season soon upon us, ‘tis the season for Medicare Advantage ads again. Because of that, TSCL participated in a video conference on Sept. 20 sponsored by KFF (formerly the Kaiser Famil ...

Last week, Sens. Ron Wyden (R-Ore) and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) introduced a bill that follows up on the Senate Finance Committee action in July mentioned above. The bill is called the Modernizing and Ensuring PBM Account ...

Despite all the recent drama at the leadership level, the bitter polarization, and the inability to pass funding legislation, there is some work getting done in Congress with the support of both parties. In late Septe ...