By Mary Johnson, editor The GOP’s health legislation now in the Senate includes provisions affecting almost everyone, including older people on Medicare and Medicaid. The deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid funding in ...
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GOP Obamacare Repeal Bill Gets Rocky Reception
House Republicans who squeezed through the Obamacare repeal are meeting with outrage from angry constituents. Among other things, the public, and even some Senate Republicans, have complained that there were no public h ...
Q & A: June 2017
Q: My husband and I are divorcing. He is 66, and plans to delay starting Social Security benefits until he turns 70. I turn 64 this month and I’m still employed as an administrative assistant. What are my options for Soc ...
2017 Loss of Buying Power Report
2017 Loss of Buying Power Report ...
The Senior Citizens League Strongly Opposes Portions of The American Health Care Act
(Washington, DC) – New legislation passed in the House to repeal and replace Obamacare puts access to health care for the sickest, poorest, and even older Americans on Medicare at risk, warns The Senior Citizens League ( ...
Americans’ Financial Worries Grow
Not having enough money for retirement is a top concern shared by 64% of Americans in a recent Gallup poll, and the number is growing. Six-in-ten people worry about unexpected medical costs, and more than half worry abou ...
95% Say Congress Should Repay Money Owed To Social Security Trust Fund
A new poll by The Senior Citizens League found that the public wants the money owed to the Social Security Trust Fund to be repaid in full. TSCL’s poll stated, “The federal government owes $2.8 trillion to the Social Se ...
Ask The Advisor: May 2017
What Kind Of Health Insurance Do Members of Congress Get? Q: Repealing Obamacare would affect several people that I know, including my sister who is getting treated for cancer. She can’t afford to lose her insurance ...
Household Spending Up – Social Security Benefits Flat
(Washington, DC) – Older Americans report that their household budgets jumped substantially last year despite the lack of growth in their Social Security benefits, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens Leag ...
Highest Income Households Would Get $7 Million Tax Cut Each Under Affordable Care Act Repeal
By Mary Johnson, editor Time to hit the brakes on an Obamacare repeal. Low-income and middle-income seniors and their families could wind up paying for a massive windfall that would go to a handful of the nation’s we ...