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June 2000 Essma
Books Needed For TSCL's Memorial Library
Do you have books you don`t need any more? Social Security & Medicare Questions
Q: My mother was diagnosed as terminally ill, and hospice care started. Despite the doctor’s prognosis, my mother rallied. I took my mother out of hospice care and started providing home care myself, for 4 months until she was admitted to a nursing home. During this time my mother’s Medicare Summary Notice indicated that the hospice care agency continued to bill Medicare, both while she was in my care and even after she entered the nursing home. What should I do? Legislative Update: The Medicare Budget Sham
Recently Congress announced that they would set aside $40 billion over the next five years to create a prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. Notch Bulletin: Government Information On The Notch Is Contradictory
Seniors who contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) for information about the Notch, BEWARE. Social Security & Medicare Questions
Q: During my last physical exam my family doctor found a lump in my breast and suggested that I see a surgeon for a needle biopsy to remove a small piece of tissue for examination. Now the surgeon says she cannot feel the lump and has suggested that I have a mammogram instead. I`m concerned about running up a lot of medical bills when the doctors don`t seem to be sure of what`s wrong. What exactly does Medicare cover? Readers` Mail—Taxation of Social Security
I`m retired but started working for something to do. Working After Retirement? Earnings Restrictions Lifted For Some But Pitfalls Remain
The retirement“ earnings test” for retirees 65 and up has ended. Congress Sets Aside $40 Billion For Drug Benefits—Hospitals, HMOs Make Grab For The Cash
Republican Congressional leadership announced that $40 billion would be set aside over the next five years to help low-income seniors pay for prescription drugs. Congressional Corner from Representative Bernie Sanders: Major Increase In Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures By Drug Companies
The pharmaceutical industry is using every means possible to stop Congress from moving forward on real prescription drug reform. Medicare Fraud At $13.5 Billion
Millions Paid For People Who Were Dead Medicare Hospital Caps Offer Little Protection
A new system that will slowly reduce what Medicare recipients must pay out-of-pocket for their hospital care offers little protection from overcharges.
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