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2005 Senior Survey

We need your input on issues of concern to you.  Your feedback provides invaluable information that we can share with your Members of Congress and help us provide you with better services.  Please answer ALL the questions.  The results help us craft the TSCL legislative agenda for 2005 and represent your interests on Capitol Hill.  Thank you for your help!

  1. After the deduction for your Medicare premium, is your monthly 2005 Social Security benefit higher or lower than it was in 2004?
    Higher
    Lower
     
  2. One of the items for which the TSCL legislative team lobbied during the debate on the Medicare prescription drug bill was for incentives for employers to retain coverage for their former employees.  If you had prescription drug coverage through your former employer, do you still have it, or has that been terminated?
    Still have it.
    Have since lost it.
    Does not apply.
      
  3. Do you currently pay the Medicare Part B deductible (doctor’s and outpatient services) out-of-pocket or do you have a health plan that covers it?
    Out of pocket
    Health plan covers the Part B deductible. 
     
  4. a. Have you signed up for the Medicare prescription drug discount card?
    Yes
    No

    b. If not, do you plan to do so?
    Yes
    No

    c. If not, why?
    I found the prescription drug card program too confusing.
    I don’t believe I’ll save anything.
    I haven’t gotten around to it.
    I gave up trying to obtain one after being unable to sign up via phone or Internet with the company whose card I preferred.
    I use the Rx Savings Plus card available through TSCL (formerly called Mature Rx.)
    Other 
      

  5. While technically illegal to do so, the Food and Drug Administration hasn’t – thus far – prevented most Americans from buying their drugs from Canada but some people might not want to skirt the law. If you don’t now buy drugs from Canada, would you do so via the Internet or by physically going to Canada if it were legal and could save you up to 50% or more?
    Yes
    No
      
  6. Were you able to get a flu shot this season if you wanted one?
    Yes
    No 
     
  7. President Bush has said Social Security reform is one of his highest priorities now that he has been reelected. How do you feel about privatization or partial privatization of Social Security?
    Oppose
    Support
    Undecided
      
  8. Would you support Notch Reform Legislation if it were included with more comprehensive Social Security Reform legislation that raises the eligibility age for full, unreduced-retirement benefits?
    Yes
    No
    Maybe, I would need to know what the other proposed reforms are.
    Not Sure
      
  9. Which of the following do you most agree with? In order to improve the financing of Social Security the government should:
    Increase taxes
    Borrow the money to pay benefits
    Cut government spending
    Do all three
     
  10. Which of the following do you most agree with? In order to improve the financing of Social Security the government should:
    Increase payroll taxes by 0.5 percentage point for workers and 0.5 percentage point for employers
    Increase the maximum wages subject to taxation
    Make all wages subject to Social Security taxation
    Increase the amount of Social Security benefits subject to taxation
     
  11. Which of the following do you most agree with? In order to improve the sustainability of Social Security the government should:
    Require that Social Security payroll taxes may not be used for other government spending. Instead the surplus should be invested in marketable, interest-bearing certificates of deposit or highly-rated safe bonds.
    Allow workers to save for their own retirement by diverting a portion of their payroll taxes into private retirement accounts.
     
  12. Which of the following do you most agree with? In order to improve the sustainability of Social Security the government should:
    Very gradually raise the retirement age for full un-reduced benefits
    Very gradually raise the early retirement age for reduced benefits
    Limit benefits for high earners
     
  13. Are you (or your spouse) a Notch Victim?
    Yes
    No
      
  14. Are you (or your spouse) retired enlisted from the U.S. Military?
    Yes
    No
     
  15. a. Are you aware of the benefits that TSCL membership provides, such as the Dental coverage, use of the Rx Savings Plus (formerly Mature Rx) for prescriptions, and discounts on assistive devices?
    Yes
    No
     

    b. If yes, do you utilize these benefits? 
    Yes
    No
     

    c. If not, will you consider looking at these services, now that you’re aware of them?
    Yes
    No
    Maybe

    16. January 2005


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