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Does Medicare provide coverage for eye care services or eyeglasses?.Other services provided by an out-of-network provider at an in-network facility, unless notice and consent criteria are met..TSCL surveys have found that there is no public support for benefit cuts. On the other hand, 79% support eliminating the taxable maximum cap on earnings so that the highest paid workers pay Social Security taxes on all of their income, not just part of it as they do today..Where no average prices are available, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U numeric data are used..Once again this week the impeachment of President Trump dominated the news involving Congress and Washington in general. Even so, work continued on a host of other issues, many of which are of great importance to seniors..Here's a hypothetical example to illustrate the math: Let's assume that you double check your expenses and discover some commonly over-looked medical expenses. With that, and your husband's medical expenses, let's assume that your medical expenses total ,000, and that your AGI is about ,000. Seven and one-half percent of ,000 is ,750. That leaves ,250 in excess medical expenses that you might potentially deduct..It was always expected that few if any Republicans in the House of Representatives would support legislation to lower drug prices. But it turns out that a group of moderate Democrats has now said they do not support the sweeping legislation that Democratic leaders in the House have proposed..benefit does not cover some extras like drugs, supplies and extra.Compare that to retiring early at age 6She'll lose ,437 in Social Security income. Her starting benefit will be permanently reduced by 25% to ,225, and even with receiving benefits over more years she'll receive only 3,228 over the course of her retirement. Her final benefit would be ,438.

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TSCL would like to thank Reps. Allen West, Madeleine Bordallo, Cedric Richmond, Tom Marino, and Bill Posey for taking the time to discuss the issues that are most important to our members and supporters. TSCL also met with Anna Gonzalez, Rules Associate for Rep. Alcee Hastings, and Brett Richards, Legislative Assistant to Rep. Steven Palazzo..On Thursday, HELP Committee Members heard from the governors of five states, who offered their guidance on improving the individual market. Governor John Hickenlooper explained that states have long been the test labs of democratic experiments and they are in an exceptional position to propose unique solutions. He and others who testified at Thursday's hearing agreed that CSRs must continue to be funded and that lawmakers should consider creating an emergency stabilization fund to decrease the skyrocketing premiums many individuals are currently facing. Governor Charlie Baker summarized the spirit of the hearing when he said "health coverage is a shared commitment," and although the opinions of elected officials vary widely, they are dedicated to working to solutions together..Republicans, so far, have been unwilling to go along with any Democratic proposals although there is still bi-partisan work going on in the Senate to try and come up with legislation to lower drug prices. … Continued

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that the House would push for the deal to be included in a year-end legislative package. However, Senate leaders haven't signed off on the deal, according to a committee aide..The Social Security Trustees now say that benefit costs are exceeding the cash revenues coming in. Do you think changes are needed, and if so, what?.The President describe this last order as the "granddaddy" of the four orders, but he also promised to drop the plan if the drug companies can come up with a better one within the next month. … Continued