Is Congress Exempt From Obamacare? Q: Can you tell me how Congress is getting their health insurance this year? Our health plan got canceled and we had to enroll through the federal exchange. My husband and I now p ...
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Benefit Bulletin: March 2014
Obamacare Medicaid Expansion Creates New Inequities For Seniors Medicaid, the state and federal program that provides healthcare for low-income Americans, is undergoing a massive expansion with the start of the Afford ...
Will 2015 Be Year Of The Lowest COLA Ever Paid?
Alexandria, VA: More than 62.5 million seniors, as well as recipients of other federal benefits, may be at high risk of not receiving any cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) next year, according to a new forecast from The S ...
Next Obamacare Problem: New Coverage May Not Kick In
By Mary Johnson, editor Obamacare troubles are far from over, as many consumers who thought they had new coverage are beginning to learn the hard way. Many of the problems stem from continued health exchange dysfunct ...
Social Security Pays Benefits Based On Work Under Fraudulent SSNs – Immigration Reform Could Add Billions In Long-Term Costs Based On Illegal Work
Alexandria, VA: It sounds screwy, but it's current U.S. government policy. Undocumented immigrants can become entitled to benefits based on the jobs worked under fraudulent Social Security numbers. The number they're wo ...
Benefit Bulletin: January 2014
TSCL Welcomes Strong New Voice For Seniors, Ed Cates TSCL recently welcomed Ed Cates as the new Chairman of its all-volunteer Board of Directors. Here are a few of his thoughts on key issues that TSCL will be working ...
Get Out Of Our Way!
WWII Vets Break Through Shutdown Barriers During the recent government shutdown, a group of feisty World War II vets managed to do what Congress failed miserably to do for another 15 days – reopen a part of our ...
TSCL Member Remembers
My Friend Paris Contributed by John Seavers Most of us know someone involved in World War II. Mine was one of my best friends in high school – a guy with a novel first name – Paris. Paris Palmer, was p ...
TSCL Member Spotlight — Mr. & Mrs. Lance Colvin, WA
We are no longer physically able to work, so we're concerned that current Social Security and Medicare benefits and future COLAs will be cut via D.C. shenanigans and slight-of-hand legislation, thus making our financial ...
H.R. 1517, Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act
If signed into law, the Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act would safeguard the Social Security and Medicare Part A Trust Funds and prevent lawmakers from using the monies for unrelated purposes. It would also esta ...
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