We’ve told you in the past that the drug companies pulled out all the stops last year to fight the effort to lower drug prices. According to a new report from Bloomberg Government News, PhRMA, the lobbying group of the m ...

Unless you do not pay attention to the news at all, you know that passing legislation to lower the prices of prescription drugs in the Senate has two main obstacles: in addition to every Republican Senator, there are two ...

Bloomberg News has reported that a federal advisory commission will recommend to Congress that traditional Medicare lower payments by 5% to nursing homes, home health agencies, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities in ...

As you no doubt know by now, the increase in the Medicare Part B premium for 2022 is the largest ever.  As we previously reported, the large increase came about as a result of Medicare preparing to pay for the cost of a ...

As a reminder, the provision to reduce the costs of prescription drugs is part of the legislative package called “Build Back Better,” which is one of the top priorities of President Biden.  However, because of the Senate ...

The subject hasn’t appeared in the media since the agreement in December on a short-term government funding bill, but Congress is working on a spending bill to keep the government open for the rest of fiscal year 2022.  ...

The members of Congress returned to Washington last week and began what is known as the Second Session of the 117th Congress.  They have a full agenda to deal with including some very pressing issues that must be acted u ...

Why Is There No Action To Repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision? Q: Why is there NO action to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision forced upon federal retirees?  This has cost me something in excess of $36,00 ...

Congress May Be Divided.  Their Constituents Are Not. Shannon Benton, Executive Director Over years of conducting surveys, TSCL has discovered something totally unexpected.  Although partisan politics often divides ...

Will A 5.9% COLA Cause More of Your Social Security Benefits To Be Taxable? By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board This month your Social Security benefits increase by the highest Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) o ...