March 2007 Essma

Questions & Answers
Q: Two people I know have two different Medicare Part B premiums. One pays the new premium of $93.50, the other $ 79.00, and I pay $93.50. The one with $79.00 has been paying this amount for the last two years. Can you tell me why? — M.

Preventing Social Security to Illegals Matter of Fiscal Responsibility
For too long, Congress has failed to protect the Social Security Trust Fund and America's future retirees.

Congressional Corner: The Prescription Drug Plan—A Needed Medicare Update
Access to quality healthcare is something that Americans should be able to depend on.

Working After Retirement Can Reduce Benefits
How Much Can I Earn in 2007?

Legislative Update: Social Security Notch and Lock-Box Prospects in the New Congress
Among the primary targets of the TSCL legislative team's efforts are more than 50 new House Members.

Notch Bulletin: Cutting Waste, Fraud and Abuse Would Pay For Notch Reform
While it is too early to tell whether the Democratic-led 110th Congress will consider Notch Reform as part of a comprehensive Social Security reform package, prospects for a stand-alone bill look better than usual. During the 109th Congress (2005-2006), TSCL helped get more co-sponsors than ever for Representative Ralph Hall's (TX) "The Notch Fairness Act."

House Moves To Close The Medicare Part D "Doughnut Hole"
New Congressional leadership is moving on their promise to eliminate the Medicare Part D "doughnut hole."

Are COLAs Too High?
Let's Tell Congress "Don't 'Chain' Them Down

TSCL Raises $520 Billion Illegal Alien Question
The federal government finally released the first public copy of the U.S. – Mexico Social Security Agreement to TREA Senior Citizens League after TSCL's three-year effort to obtain it under the Freedom of Information Act.


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