WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on Wednesday, December 11 to explore various ways to make medication information leaflets that...
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) issued the following statement today after the...
WASHINGTON, DC – If you or someone you know suspect you’ve been victim of a scam or fraud aimed at seniors, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has set up...
Fraudsters are capitalizing on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The shifts in the healthcare landscape, including the overlap of Medicare’s annual open...
WASHINGTON, DC – An effort to help low-income persons with disabilities cover the cost of daily living expenses gained momentum in the U.S. Senate late Thursday when four key...
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on Wednesday to examine the transportation challenges faced by our nation’s seniors, particularly those...
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who is the Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, has been notified that law enforcement officials in New York...
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, led by Chairman Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME), today held a hearing to examine the...
WASHINGTON, DC – When 63-year old Venice, Florida resident Joanne Jacobsen starting planning for retirement, she believed her promised pension and health benefits would...
WASHINGTON, DC— The Senate Special Committee on Aging, led by Chairman Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Ranking Member Susan Collins, today held a hearing titled, “Older...
WASHINGTON, DC – With government estimates showing that half of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV/AIDS will be over the age of 50 by 2015, the U.S. Senate...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Some individuals approved by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to help veterans applying for benefits may be doing them more harm than good, congressional...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation today to allow Medicare Part D beneficiaries to request lower co-pays for high-cost specialty drugs used...
WASHINGTON, DC—Even though Maine laws prohibit the type of abusive, very high-interest, short-term lending practices often associated with “payday” loans, this...
WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on Wednesday to examine the impact payday and other short-term high-cost lending products have on...
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking Member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, along with the committee Chairman, Senator Bill Nelson, held a hearing...
WASHINGTON, DC -Three time Emmy-winning actress Jean Smart of "Designing Women" fame and Miami Heat guard Ray Allen, a two-time NBA champion, will head to Capitol Hill this week to...
WASHINGTON, DC - By whom and how would you want to be cared for in the case of a life-threatening condition that left you unable to communicate?
Only 29 percent of Americans...
WASHINGTON, DC - When Alexandra Lane discovered last March there wasn't enough money in her checking account to pay her bills she knew something was wrong.
The 73 year-old...
WASHINGTON, DC - Citing growing fraud, U.S. Sens. Bill Nelson (D-FL) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) have asked the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services...