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Volunteer and civic opportunities.Minor or disabled child's benefit based on a living or a deceased parent's account..As you might imagine, the Congressional schedule has been totally rearranged. They had scheduled recesses for the national party conventions, their usual August recess, and then for the elections. We assume those are all up-in-the-air now..Your answers to TSCL's Annual Senior Survey makes a difference! TSCL shares the results with Members of Congress and the media..With it being such a contentious election year, Congress enacted legislation to limit that jump in Part B which could be made even worse because the COLAs of so many beneficiaries would not be high enough to cover the full amount of the increase..This week, The Senior Citizens League was pleased to see support grow for three key bills that would improve the Social Security and Medicare programs..A Kaiser Family Foundation study has found that ten percent of prescription drugs make up the majority of Medicare drug spending..You may possibly qualify for a divorced spouse Social Security survivor's benefit that would be the same as what a widow would get, but you have a number of options that you need to carefully think through. If you receive survivors benefits as a divorced spouse now, you can switch to your own retirement benefit later if it is higher than your widow's benefit..To learn more about how work affects your benefits, see the publication "How Work Affects Your Benefits," SSA Publication No. 05-1006You can find it at or by calling toll free at.

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This week was a busy one for Social Security and Medicare Advocates! There was considerable activity to combat the high cost of prescription drugs. The Ways and Means Committee had a hearing on the Social Security 2100 Act. And, work continues on repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision..TSCL receives hundreds of comments like this from Notch Babies and their families. Substantial numbers of Notch Babies believe Congress is waiting for the Notch problem to die with them. Yet Members of Congress are continuing to add their names to legislation that would correct the Notch..Older Americans report that their household budgets jumped substantially last year despite the lack of growth in their Social Security benefits, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League. "The gap between benefit growth and retiree costs was particularly pronounced due to rising prices of the most essential items in retirees' budgets, - medical and food costs," says TSCL's Social Security and Medicare policy analyst, Mary Johnson. TSCL today sent a letter to Congressional leaders calling upon them to enact legislation that would provide a modest boost to Social Security benefits. … Continued

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Congress Adjourns for Spring Break.puts coverage of 52 million Americans with pre-existing conditions into question,.But with low growth in Social Security benefits, rapidly growing healthcare costs, and more people living longer in retirement, that argument has little support among the public. A March 2016, Pew Research survey found that 71% of Americans believe benefits "should not be reduced" while only 26% say that "cuts should be considered." … Continued