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Many of you agree with Joe. About 74% of survey participants in TSCL's Senior Survey support applying the 12.4% Social Security payroll tax to all wages above the annual maximum which is 2,900 in 201This one fix alone is estimated to close roughly three - quarters of the Social Security financing gap. Let's ask our Members of Congress to get on board. Read more about sustainable solvency for Social Security in our latest Benefit Bulletin, "Social Security Legislation Would Provide 75 Years of Solvency To Social Security.".Included is the issue of surprise billing, in which patients are charged out-of-network prices for services they thought were in-network. This issue has gained great urgency because so many people are ending up with bills for thousands of dollars even though they have health insurance which they thought would cover the expenses for which they are being billed..The Senior Citizens League encourages its supporters to attend these events and to ask important questions of their elected officials, like the following four….Under the new policy, illegal immigrants younger than 30 years old, who came to the United States before the age of 16, will be allowed to remain in the country without risk of deportation and to get work permits if they have been law-abiding and meet certain requirements. Although the policy does not grant legal status, work authorization would provide access to Social Security numbers.."Notch Babies are now at the age where they are more likely to have chronic health problems and require multiple prescriptions," says TSCL Chairman Larry Hyland. "They are finding it difficult to make their lower benefits cover rising Medicare premiums and out-of-pocket costs, let alone all their other rising costs. The time has come to settle this," Hyland says..TSCL worked hard for the Medicare Part B "roll back" last fall which prevented an even larger Part B premium spike in 2016, and stands ready to ask lawmakers to do the same in 201You can help: Contact your Representative in the House and Senators now and ask your lawmakers to take action to stop the Medicare Part B premium spike. Call your lawmakers toll free at or send an email to your Members of Congress..The largest amounts of money come from corporate and special interest groups who want certain legislation passed or stopped..Social Security and Medicare are promises to our seniors we cannot break. Seniors need to know they can trust their guaranteed benefits earned through hard work will not change..The President should not sign or send the current totalization agreement with Mexico to Congress. Should the President nevertheless do so, Congress should disapprove the agreement.