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Take The TSCL Senior Survey!.How will the program make people eligible for Social Security and Medicare? Don't they have to become citizens?.In fact, the fastest growing cost for seniors Medicare Part B premiums is not accounted for at all in the CPI-W since young workers are not enrolled in the Medicare program. Since 2000, Medicare Part B premiums have increased by 195 percent and prescription drug spending has increased by 184 percent. However, COLAs have increased Social Security benefits by just 43 percent since 2000..Click here to learn more about the NASI survey..The application was approved under Section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which means that although it is a new drug application, its approval was based on research from another product..Any Toll Free call to Congress on the number will be paid for by The Senior Citizens League.."Relief From Deportation: Demographic Profile Of The DREAMers Potentially Eligible Under The Deferred Action Policy, Migration Policy Institute, August 2012..The Social Security Cost-Of-Living Adjustment is likely to be the first target for cuts. Most deficit plans in recent years propose tying the annual inflation boost to a more slowly - growing consumer price index known as the chained CPI. The new tax legislation, in fact, adopts the chained CPI to adjust tax brackets and the new expanded standard deduction. That will mean the standard deduction will grow more slowly than before and that people will wind up in higher tax brackets, or a greater portion of their income will be subject to tax, more quickly than before. For retirees, the chained CPI would mean lower COLAs, as well - if Congress extends the change to Social Security..Increase the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to reflect the inflation experienced by retirees.