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Social Security 2025 COLA expected to be small increase – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Stay tuned… Next year’s cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in mid-October, upon the release of September’s annual inflation adjustment data. SSA’s COLA for 2025 will be reflected in beneficiary checks starting in January of that year. Like clockwork, this happens…
Read MoreCarol Anne Costa to lead Senior Agenda Coalition of RI. Annual conference plans – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island (SACRI), an independent and diverse coalition of over 20 agencies and individual members who advocate for older Rhode Islanders, gears up for the planning of its 16th Annual Conference and Expo (October 9th) with the recent appointment of its new Executive…
Read MoreCap on out-of-pocket costs for Medicare drug plan enrollees coming soon – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issue Back on Aug. 16th in 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), it’s enactment lowering the health cost for millions of older Americans by lowering the high cost of prescription drugs by granting Medicare the power to directly negotiate drug…
Read MoreThe experience of LGBTQ+ older adults – Herb Weiss
aging LGBTQ+
Read MoreMedicare Drug Price Negotiation Program to save billions. Cut costs for 10 drugs, 2026 – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Back on Aug. 16th in 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), which aimed to reduce the federal budget deficit, invested in domestic energy production while promoting the use of clean energy. The historic federal law (Public Law 117-169) also lowered…
Read MoreNew local documentary confronts ageism in society – Herb Weiss
optics of aging film in rhode island
Read More“Someone’s trash is a military family’s treasure: Ours”. Herb Weiss story spreads around US.
by Nancy Thomas, publisher In the first week of June, our writer on aging issues, Herb Weiss, documented a personal search to retrieve a military chest belonging to his father, when a couple in Detroit found it cast away on a sidewalk for anyone to claim. The couple went out of their way to try…
Read MoreIf you want a friend in Washington, get a furry friend – Herb Weiss
pets important for our mental health
Read MoreHouse Select Committee on Aging has new life – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Just a month ago, the Washington, DC-based Leadership Council on Aging Organizations (LCAO), a coalition of 68 national nonprofit groups committed to representing seniors in Congressional policy making, formally endorsed Cong. Seth Magaziner’s (RI-2) H. Res. 1029, reestablishing the House Select Committee on Aging (HSCoA). The freshman…
Read MoreHoarding and seniors: “The Consequences of Clutter” Report – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues With the number of seniors afflicted with a hoarding disorder expected to skyrocket to over 14 million, on July 2 U.S. Sen, Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, unveiled a report putting the spotlight on its impact on older hoarders and their…
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