October 2001 Essma

Who Protects Your Benefits At TSCL?
Kathy Angiolillo has been with TREA Senior Citizens League (TSCL) since November 1998

Social Security and Medicare Questions
Q: I have been divorced from my husband for 22 years after being married to him for 24. If he is deceased, am I allowed to use his Social Security benefits, if they are higher than mine?

Ask The Advisor: Double Dipping into Social Security?
I recently learned that certain individuals double dip into Social Security.

Do You Really Need that Prescription?
Has this ever happened to you? You don't know if you are really sick or if your medicine is making you sick?

Congressional Corner from Representative Lois Capps: Nursing Shortage Threatens Health Care
The current public debate on health care has focused on issues like prescription drugs, a Patients' Bill of Rights, Medicare reform, and the uninsured.

Medicare Covers Custom Shoes For Diabetics
It may be Medicare's best-kept secret.

Can We Trust the Social Security Trust Fund?
Can we trust in the Social Security Trust Fund (SSTF)?

Social Security Commission Releases First Report
Amidst protest the President's Social Security Commission released its interim report.

Trust Fund Raid Imminent
Raids on the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds appear imminent.

Rx for Prescription Drug Costs?
A new Medicare drug discount program has gotten off to a predictable start. It's mired down in court.

Notch Causes Lower COLAs
A new battle is looming in the COLA wars.


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