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2021 Senior Survey

Please play an important role in informing the public and members of Congress about issues affecting older Americans. Your responses to this survey help millions of others understand issues of importance to Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries, and to evaluate popular support for solutions to some of our stickiest problems. Your answers also help The Senior Citizens League (TSCL) bring you better services to meet your needs and priorities. The results will help craft TSCL’s legislative agenda and represent your interests on Capitol Hill. Your answers are vitally important and will be kept anonymous. Thank you!
1.Which of the following amounts of money most closely represents the amount that your total monthly household expenses increased in 2020?(Required.)
2.Which of the following amounts most closely matches your monthly Social Security benefit increase for 2021, AFTER the deduction for the Medicare Part B increase? (Please DO NOT include any deductions for Part D, Medicare Advantage, or Medigap premiums.)(Required.)
3.How much did you spend per month on healthcare costs in 2020? Please include the following: premiums for Medicare Part B, Medigap or Medicare Advantage and Part D plans, dental, and vision insurance (if any). Also include your typical out-of-pocket costs and co-pays for doctor visits, labs, special procedures and diagnostics, prescription drugs, exams by the dentist and optometrist. Please include spending on items such as glasses, hearing aid batteries, and any special medical items, such as facemasks needed during the COVID pandemic. Total your costs for 2020 and divide by 12 to determine the monthly amount.(Required.)
4.How much did you spend per month for all out-of-pocket costs for Part D prescription drugs in 2020? Please DO NOT include what you pay for Part D premiums.(Required.)
5.Will you pay income taxes on a portion of your Social Security benefits for the 2020 tax year?(Required.)
6.In 2020 did you, or a spouse contract COVID-19?(Required.)
7.Did your household lose earnings in 2020 due to COVID-19 illness, or business shut-downs?(Required.)
8.In 2020 did you file a claim for Social Security benefits earlier than you originally planned due to a COVID-19 related job loss?(Required.)
9.During 2020 have you gone without essential items (such as food items, toilet paper, disinfecting cleaning products, hand sanitizer, face masks) due to shortages or high prices?(Required.)
10.During 2020 did you postpone filling one or more prescriptions due to high cost or shortages?(Required.)
11.How has the coronavirus-caused recession affected your retirement savings in value as of 12/31/20?(Required.)
12.The Medicare Part A Hospital Trust Fund, which is funded primarily by payroll taxes, is forecast to become insolvent by as early as 2023 due to the impacts of COVID-19. Of the general approaches listed below, which do you think Congress should focus on as a way of improving Part A funding? Please check all that you would support.(Required.)
13.To strengthen the finances of the Social Security Trust Fund, which of the following approaches would you most support?(Required.)
14.To strengthen Social Security benefits, which of the following approaches do you support? Check all that apply.(Required.)
15.Do you feel adults age 60 to 64 should have the option to “buy in” or enroll in Medicare?(Required.)
16.Do you support allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices by tying U.S. prices to prices paid in other industrialized countries, such as Great Britain, Canada, and Japan where prices are lower?(Required.)
17.Currently, Medicare has no annual out-of-pocket limit on spending for prescription drugs. Do you support capping out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs at no more than $250 per month ($3,000 per year)?(Required.)
18.Are you a military retiree?(Required.)
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