The 175-member Republican Study Committee a report for Fiscal Year 2024 Budget on June 14. It is filled with “political speak.” What it means that is important to retirees are:— An effort to terminate Medicare as we know it. The proposal recommends a “premium support” plan that would subsidize seniors for private insurance options that would compete with traditional Medicare. …
NRLN Home Page Sign Up to Receive Important Messages or Update Your Email Address Support NRLN’s Work Write Personal Email to Your Members of Congress Respond to an Action Alert The NRLN John Deere Retirees Chapter Although JDRO – A Family of John Deere Retirees has dissolved, the National Retirees Legislative Network (NRLN) is continuing its long relationship with John …
To make a decision between the original Medicare path or the Medicare Advantage (MA) path, it is important to make a choice between MA with out-of-pocket protection and one of the Medicare Supplemental Plans (Medigap) that pay the 20% not covered by original Medicare.KNOWING MEDIGAP PRICES BY PLAN IS CRITICAL!The NRLN had urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) …
The National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) has co-signed a letter with more than a dozen other advocacy organizations to the Internal Revenue Service/Treasury Department’s opposing its proposed rule to eliminate the physical presence requirement for the witnessing of spousal consents to surrender the spouse’s rights to retirement benefits.The federal government’s proposal would sacrifice critical legal protections for spouses’ (most often …
Following a successful 2022 (see list below), the National Retiree Legislative Network (NRLN) has a challenging 2023 agenda. Social Security and Medicare is being attacked and we are defending the programs. We need every dollar we can raise and every Action Alert we can send – please HELP US, HELP YOU! Ask friends, neighbors, social clubs and family members to …
Social Security and Medicare programs both continue to face significant financing issues according to the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ report issued March 31, 2023.Based on the Trustees’ best estimates, this year’s reports show that:The Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund will be able to pay 100 percent of total scheduled benefits until 2033, one year earlier …
Mercer, a professional services firm, reported on its global website homepage on February 21, 2023, that the Secure 2.0 Act passed 90 new rules that apply to savings and pensions and that just 8 of them focused solely on single payer DB plan issues. Three of the 8 were NRLN proposals: (1) single payer plans Annual Funding Notice modifications; (2) Changes to …
Bloomberg News reported on January 24 that health insurers are again circulating letters among members of Congress to marshal support for Medicare Advantage (MA), a program where private companies covered seniors’ healthcare with the help of $53 billion in taxpayer rebates in 2022. The Medicare Pricing Policy Committee (MedPAC) reported $57 billion. You may recall that in 2017, I referred …
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OUR ACTION COMMITTEES These dedicated Chairpersons want to hear from you if you have information regarding their committee or are willing to help. Bill KadereitNRLN President Legislative Action Planning Committee Hector SaenzChair: Membership At-large Vice President Martha DeahlChair: Grassroots NRLN Vice President Jay KuhnieChair Chair, Income Security Committee. Dana OliverChair: Regulatory Affairs National Chrysler Retirement Organization Joe SciulliChair: Database Lucent/Nokia …
