Courage Kenny Foundation About The Foundation Courage Kenny Foundation StaffTSCL would like to remind you that now is the perfect time to approach your Members of Congress at local events and request their support for a fair Social Security cost-of-living adjustment and for other key issues..New rules prohibit insurers from rejecting applicants with pre-existing health problems or charging you more based on your health history. The law also sets limits on how much insurers may charge older buyers. Premiums for a 64-year-old can be no more than three times as much as they are for a 21-year-old. However, concerns are widespread that insurance costs could still be challenging for many seniors..The retirement pensions of most average Americans, however, have not received the same level of dedicated protection from our elected lawmakers over the years. In 1977, Congress enacted changes to the Social Security benefit formula that cut benefits for persons who first became eligible to retire just two years later. Because of flaws in the transition and unexpectedly high inflation during the period, benefit reductions were even greater than anticipated. Seniors born from 1917 through 1926, known as Notch Babies, receive lower benefits than other seniors with similar work and earnings records. According to studies for TSCL, Notch Babies' benefits are ,000 to ,000 per year lower, on average, than those of other retirees with similar work and earnings records. … Continued
Separate Childrens Health Insurance Program Chip Income Eligibility Limits For ChildrenLegislation to help "Notch Victims" is Introduced.That's the case for Ninon Ruscher and her husband John of Tuscon, Arizona, who rely on Social Security for all of their income. Mrs. Ruscher says that, "seniors who rent their own homes are in a precarious financial situation." "Once we pay the monthly bills, we sit at home. We don't have the money to do anything or go anywhere. Once the food runs out we have to wait until our next Social Security payment," she adds. Mrs. Ruscher notes that even though her husband receives health benefits through the Veterans Administration, and she's enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, they are still trying to pay off expenses from her recent surgery earlier this year..Letter to Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, CMS, from Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, July 11, 201Testimony of Robert A. Berenson, M.D., Institute Fellow, the Urban Institute, U.S. Special Committee on Aging, July 18, 2012. … Continued
