How many members does TSCL have?.Those people include Barbara B. - a retired home healthcare aide who lives in the Indianapolis area. "We're due for the increase," she says. But rising Part B premiums will likely take her entire COLA, leaving her with no increase at all in her net operating Social Security benefit again in 2018..On Wednesday, the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy met with four expert witnesses to discuss several options for strengthening the Social Security Program. Chairman Sherrod Brown opened the hearing by saying, "A few years ago … all of the conventional Washington wisdom was that we would have to cut the program. Today, not only are cuts to Social Security deeply unpopular, but we are now debating how much we need to expand the program.".Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do..House Subcommittee Holds "Doc Fix" Hearing.When Your Doctor no longer takes Medicare.July 15, 2011 The most likely deficit reduction proposals are also the most harmful to the nation's elderly, according to The Senior Citizens League, one of the nation's largest nonpartisan senior citizens advocacy groups. However, a few alternatives exist that would reduce the budget in less painful ways..The following is an op-ed by U.S. Representative Dennis A. Ross and does not necessarily reflect the views of TSCL..With medical costs and prescription drug prices rising higher than ever before, seniors living on fixed incomes are struggling to keep up and can no longer afford to be short-changed by the Social Security COLA. At Wednesday's press conference, Congressman Garamendi said: "Today - March 1st - we declare that something can be done."

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So, which one should you take?.What do you feel are Medicare's major problem areas, and how do you feel they should be addressed?.For updates on the progress of the BCRA in the coming days, follow TSCL on Twitter or visit the Legislative News section of our website. For information on upcoming town hall meetings near you, click HERE. … Continued

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By Representative Elijah E. Cummings,.My frail mother was in the hospital after passing out and falling. She stayed "in observation" for four days and received a number of tests for stroke, heart and circulatory problems. After discharge, her doctor said she needed nursing home care. The nursing home warned us that if mother's hospital stay was observation Medicare would not cover the nursing home stay. She has received several large bills for the hospital care. We can't afford to pay for this care out-of-pocket. Can you suggest anything?.If he should choose to veto the bill all bets are off as to what would happen next. … Continued

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