This is a tough decision, for which you need independent advice from someone other than the marketing agent of a MA plan. TSCL strongly recommends that you contact your area agency on aging or senior services department and ask for one-on-one counseling available through your State Health Insurance Assistance Program. The service is available at no charge..The plan includes fostering international cooperation and promoting research and development that establishes innovative manufacturing processes and production technologies to strengthen supply chain resilience.CMS to Save 4.5 Billion Dollars over Ten Years.The House of Representatives returned to work this week after the traditional August recess. The Senate, however, does not come back until next week..Apply for pharmacy assistance programs from your drug manufacturer. Medicare maintains a list of pharmacy assistance programs by drug name. Click here to learn if there is a program for your drug..Aging Committee Holds Hearing on Combatting Senior Scams.Here's an example of how it might work in 2021, assuming you start work on February 1, 202Let's assume you are entitled to a Social Security benefit of 0 per month. You work and earn ,200 during the year. Your Social Security benefit would be reduced by ,120. You would receive only ,680 of your ,800 for the year..In normal political times neither party would allow Medicare to be cut. But because of our current highly partisan times, it would require ten Republicans to join with Democrats to stop the cuts to Medicare with new legislation if reconciliation were used..Your Social Security Retirement Toolkit: A Step-By-Step Guide to Getting the Money, Benefits & Financial Support You Are Entitled To, February 2017.

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My pulmonologist ordered a CT scan, but the person scheduling appointments said they first had to check my insurance. Is this correct? I'm covered by Medicare and a Medicare Advantage plan. I thought I would be covered for any medically necessary CT scan..The past two years without a cost-of-living adjustment felt like the government clamped a lid on benefits. Now a Congressional debt reduction committee is working on a plan that's likely to keep your COLA "chained" down in the future by switching to a more slowly-growing "chained" consumer price index..TSCL supports the "No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act" introduced by Representative Dana Rohrabacher which would ban the use of earnings for jobs worked while illegal to be used to determine entitlement. … Continued

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Medicare costs often consume up to half of your Social Security benefit. In a recent TSCL survey, 48% of respondents said they spent 11% to 33% of their Social Security benefits on healthcare in 201Another 25% said they spent from 34% to 50% of their Social Security on healthcare..Where no average prices are available, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U numeric data are used..The most recent report is that the Trump administration expects to begin sending 0 prescription drug discount cards to seniors by Jan. 1. … Continued

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