A relatively little-known measure of the cost of living of older Americans — the Elder Index developed by researchers at the Gerontology Institute of Massachusetts-Boston — recently made news after researchers found that ...
How Medicare Spending Can Be Cut To Help With Inflation
As the Federal Reserve raises interest rates which affects the cost of borrowing money, the cost of the government’s debt is rising. That in turn is having an impact on government spending, as well as the balances of th ...
2023 COLA Could Be One of Highest Ever Paid —8.7%
By Mary Johnson, editor Social Security beneficiaries can look forward to receiving one the highest cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) ever paid in the history of the program next year. Based on consumer price index d ...
WEP/GPO Repeal Update
This past Friday, the House Ways and Means Committee discussed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act. They voted to send the bill to the whole House of Representatives with no recommended changes, so that it can be c ...
Medicare Open Enrollment Season Almost Here
Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 through December 7 each year. There are several sources online to get information about the enrollment season, but TSCL recommends you first go to Medicare.gov to get the ...
Congress Races to Avoid Government Shutdown
This is the do-or-die week for Congress as the end of the fiscal year for the federal government arrives this Friday. Because Congress has not passed any funding legislation for FY 2023, they are planning to pass a “cont ...
Week Ending September 24, 2022
Congress Races to Avoid Government Shutdown This is the do-or-die week for Congress as the end of the fiscal year for the federal government arrives this Friday. Because Congress has not passed any funding legislation ...
Will Medicare Force Surgeons to Stop Providing Services?
It is a fact that seniors in the U.S. are living longer than many of our parents and grandparents. This is the good news. But along with that is the fact that many seniors experience the reality that their joints are wea ...
New Covid Vaccine Available Soon
It has been reported that new Covid-19 booster shots targeting the highly contagious omicron variant could be available soon after Labor Day and all Americans 12 years and older will be eligible for the shot, which exper ...
The Weather May Start Cooling Off but Things Will Soon be Heating up in Washington
Traditionally, August has been a slow news month when it comes to news out of Washington, D.C. That is because Congress takes its traditional August break, which we wrote about last week. This year, of course, the fir ...