Would My Mother’s Social Security or Medicare Benefits Be Affected If Her Home is Sold? Q:  At age 87, my mom, who was widowed several years ago, is in need of assisted living and we are thinking of selling her home t ...

Are You Ready For a COVID-19 Vaccine? By Rick Delaney, Chairman of the Board, TSCL An unprecedented nationwide effort to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19 is underway, and older adults are among the first on the ...

By Mary Johnson, editor Are you one of the 62%?  This is a term that I invented for Medicare beneficiaries with a Medigap supplement whose premiums have increased by 62% or more since 2016, like mine.  If that’s you, ...

Before 2020 came to an end, a new forecast from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirmed that Medicare’s Part A Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund is running out of money two years earlier than previously expected ...

A report came out this weekend about the possibility of new major cuts to Medicare.  This could result because of Senate rules about how many votes it takes to pass legislation. Because just one Senator can stall legi ...

A new study has found that it is more than prices that are high when it comes to so many prescription drugs.  According to Modern Healthcare newsletter, “A $10.40 increase in out-of-pocket costs per prescription was asso ...

This week most members of the House and Senate are back in their districts or states meeting with constituents or otherwise conducting business there.  A few have stayed in Washington to take part in hearings that are sc ...

We gave you the bad news about eating fried foods, which really is nothing very new.  But there was some hopeful news last week that we want to pass along. According to the Associated Press, the AstraZeneca's COVID-19 ...

According to the Washington Post, a new report warns that regularly eating fried foods — french fries, fried chicken, and the like — ups your chance of having a major cardiovascular problem, such as a heart attack or str ...