Healthcare
The New York Times, October 24th, 2009It is well known that during the nation’s gale-force recession, many older Americans who dreamed of retirement continued to work, often because their 401(k)’s had plunged in value.In fact, there are more Americans
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The New York Times, October 14th, 2009PEOPLE over 65 should buy a Medigap policy, consumer advocates say, but picking
a Medigap plan can be difficult, and at least one important health care
bill heading for a vote in the Senate could make it even harder.The
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Los Angeles Times, October 27th, 2009Senior citizens should be on their guard against possible fraud when
open enrollment for two popular healthcare programs begins Nov. 15.
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner warns that some
sales agents
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The Wall Street Journal, October 14th, 2009As companies begin unveiling their workplace benefits for next year,
many employees are learning they will have to dig even deeper into
their pockets for health coverage.
Such price increases have become
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Market Watch, October 8th, 2009Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus promises
that the huge health-care reform bill his committee will vote on next
week will protect Medicare benefits for seniors. But not everyone
agrees, and a fight is brewing
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Baltimore Sun, October 1st, 2009All of the health care reform plans propose serious cuts in the Medicare program. Seniors' concerns about those cuts jeopardize passage of any plan.
The Medicare prescription drug benefit is expected to cost $395 billion
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The Wall Street Journal, October 1st, 2009More than 660,000 seniors next year will lose the private Medicare
plans they now have because some insurers are dropping coverage in
response to tougher federal requirements.
Most of those beneficiaries are
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Reuters, September 16th, 2009As the baby boom generation moves throughretirement, the number of people affected by Alzheimer's is likely to wellexceed 11 million by 2040. In recognition of World Alzheimer's Day,Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the only network
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The New York Times, September 10th, 2009 President Obama’s new call to impose automatic spending cuts if the health care overhaul adds “one dime” to federal budget deficits could help push his top domestic priority over one of the biggest hurdles in its
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The New York Times, August 23rd, 2009For 10 days in June, Kristen Murphy chose to live somewhere she and many others fear: a nursing home. Ms. Murphy, who is in perfect health, had to learn the best way to
navigate a wheelchair around her small room,
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The New York Times, August 16th, 2009IN the 1980s, I worked as a respiratory therapist in intensive-care
units in the Midwest, taking care of elderly, dying patients on
ventilators. I remember marveling, along with the young doctors and
nurses I worked
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The New York Times, July 14th, 2009House Democratic leaders took a big step toward guaranteeing health insurance for most Americans on Tuesday as they unveiled a bill that detailed how they would expand coverage, slow the growth of Medicare, raise taxes
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UPI, June 24th, 2009A comprehensive approach could slow healthcare cost increases in the
United Sates even while achieving near-universal coverage, an analysis
indicates.
However, the findings of The Commonwealth Fund study released
Wednesday reveal
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The Washington Post, June 23rd, 2009President Obama today announced an offer by drug manufacturers to
contribute $80 billion over the next decade to narrow the controversial
gap in Medicare prescription drug coverage, a deal the president said
moves
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The New York Times, May 11th, 2009One of the most contentious issues in the Congressional debate over
health care reform is over whether to create a new public plan to
compete with private insurers. Senator Charles Schumer of New York is
making strenuous
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