We remind you that it is time to get both your Covid booster shot as well as your seasonal flu vaccination. Medical experts are concerned that this flu season will be harder than usual. They are also concerned there will ...

We are now in Medicare open enrollment season. The 2023 season began last Saturday and runs through Dec. 7. During the annual open enrollment period, beneficiaries can review and change their Medicare coverage options, r ...

A COLA this high is almost unprecedented. This may be the first and the last time that today’s beneficiaries receive a COLA this high. There were only three other times since the start of automatic inflation adjustments ...

Again, while this is not legislative news, seniors are being warned about the coming flu season because they and people with compromised immune systems are the most vulnerable to severe, or even fatal disease. Kaiser ...

While this is not legislative news, it is important to let you know that a new study out of Scotland found that about 48 percent of people who had covid still hadn’t fully recovered from the virus after 18 months and are ...

President Joe Biden signed an executive order last Friday pushing federal officials to drive prescription drug costs down. The order requires the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to outline within 90 ...

Press Brief CPI – COLA Update   October 13, 2022 For immediate use A Social Security cost–of–living–adjustment (COLA) of 8.7% is rare — enjoy it now. This may be the first and possibly the last time that b ...

A new study from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, estimated that coronavirus vaccines were linked to roughly 670,000 to 680,000 fewer hospitalizations as we ...

Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, released its star ratings for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans. Each year CMS calculates Medicare star ratings based on ...

With Election Day just a month away it is a good time to restate that TSCL is a non-partisan organization. We do not pick sides between Democrats and Republicans, nor do we endorse candidates. However, what we do is e ...