Pa., Governor Josh Shapiro recently signed into law a bill that allows 20,000 Pennsylvania seniors to maintain their prescription medication benefits despite disqualifying increases in their overall income due to Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). The law extends a cost-of-living moratorium through 2025, letting Pennsylvania seniors keep their prescription coverage. The bill, sponsored by Senators Judy Ward of Blair County, and Maria Collett – the Republican and Democratic chairs respectively of the Senate Aging & Youth Committee – was a Pennsylvania Department of Aging legislative priority for the 2023-24 legislative session.
