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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are significant cuts in Medicare spending that will take place unless Congress takes action before the end of this year. Below is an explanation of why these cuts could come. We realize it is a bit complicated, but ...

While we do not have specifics yet, the big drug companies are already planning to do all they can to stop the new laws that will lower drug prices from taking effect. According to a report in STATNews, “Even before t ...

Last week President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. That is the legislation that contains the provisions that will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices with the big drug companies and eventually low ...