Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would cap the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients. Experts say the legislation would provide significant relief for privately insured pati ...

Even as we seem to be getting back to normal in our everyday lives, the new Omicron subvariant virus is spreading in the nation. While it seems to be even more contagious than the original Omicron, it does not generally ...

It was just three weeks ago that Congress finally passed legislation to fund the federal government for the rest of the current 2022 fiscal year. Now, President Biden has sent to Congress his proposed budget for fiscal y ...

Q:  I Need Help With Healthcare Costs, But My Income Is Too High.  What Can I Do? Since getting COVID a year ago, I’ve developed asthma after having no asthma symptoms for over 35 years. Now I need a medication to pre ...

What Is The Status of Efforts To Reduce This Year’s Medicare Part B Premium? Q:  Earlier this year I read that Medicare has been directed to reassess the 2022 Part B premium increase. Will this mean the Part B premium ...

Many Low Income Seniors Likely to See Cuts By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board Consider this.  The next time you meet someone over the age of 62, there’s a 50% chance that person may be having trouble affording ...

By Mary Johnson, editor Social Security recipients were short-changed last year at the very same time food prices forced roughly half of all older adults to apply for food stamps or to visit food pantries.  The 1.3% c ...

Taxpayers are feeling more uncertain than ever about their tax liability this year, particularly when it comes to the taxation of Social Security benefits.  According to TSCL’s January Senior Survey, about half of survey ...

How much faster is inflation growing than your Social Security benefit?  Your first cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in January 2022 may have been just barely enough to buy a few extra groceries.  But by January your COL ...

Part D Plan Sponsors Pocketing Rebates While Consumers Pay More For Prescriptions By Shannon Benton, Executive Director Provisions that would reduce the costs of prescription drugs for Medicare beneficiaries remain ...