Cost of Living Adjustments for Social Security Beneficiaries Would Accurately Reflect Higher Heath Care and Every Day Costs PITTSBURGH, Nov.

Increase Woefully Insufficient; Seniors Have Lost Almost One-Third of Their Buying Power Since 2000 WASHINGTON, Oct.

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, RetireSafe President Thair Phillips called proposed efforts to establish a "chained" consumer price index (CPI) as the standard used to determine annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), "an unfair tax on older Americans." "With President Obama and a number of the Congressional Leaders apparently poised to again attack Social Security and Medicare benefits in order to gain a debt deal, it's time for seniors to stand up for the benefits they have earned, before they are stolen," Phillips said.

WASHINGTON, April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an April 27 briefing by Department of Defense official George Taylor, Jr., The American Legion learned the agency is recommending a TRICARE premium increase tied to the National Healthcare Expenditure (NHE) Index.

Statement of Paul Nathanson, National Senior Citizens Law Center WASHINGTON, Dec.