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AARP, AFL-CIO Boost House Health Plan That Taxes Rich, Not Middle Class

Art Levine | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: So-Called Cadillac Plans, Health Care Reform, House Health Reform Bill, Harry Reid, Aarp, Afl-Cio, President Obama, Senate Finance Committee, Maggie Mahar, Taxing the Rich, Politics News

The centrist lobbying powerhouse for the elderly, the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP), is scheduled to endorse the House health care bill despite its possibly flawed public option.

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AARP To Endorse House Health Care Bill: AP

AP | ERICA WERNER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aarp Health Insurance Reform, AARP Health Care Reform, House Health Legislation, Aarp House Health Care Bill, President Obama, Aarp, Obama Health Care, Aarp Health Bill, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Officials are telling The Associated Press that AARP_the seniors' lobby_will endorse the health care overhaul bill that House Democ...

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Ageism 2009

Jim Selman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Ageism, National Organization of Pissed Off Elders, Aarp, Discrimination, Elders, Aging, Generation Gap, The Balanced Life, Living News

At a time when we need family and community solidarity more than ever, we are witnessing a growing wave of age-based debate and controversy.

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Why the Silence on Extending Jobless Health Care Benefits?

Mark Miller | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobless, Cobra, Joblessness, Health Insurance, Arlen Specter, Health Care Subsidy, Social Security, Obama Administration, Obama, Cost of Living Adjustment, Seniors, Cost of Living Increase, Economic Stimulus Package, Cobra Health Insurance, Aarp, Joe Sestak, Health Care, Politics News

What's more important: a cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits for retired people, or health insurance subsidies for the unemployed? The answer depends on your clout in Washington.

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Unemployment Among Americans 65 or Older Surges, Highest Since Great Depression

nytimes.com | STEVEN GREENHOUSE | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Job Market, Unemployment, Social Security, Retirement, Aarp, Medicare, Recession, Business News

It is well known that during the nation's gale-force recession, many older Americans who dreamed of retirement continued to work, often because their ...

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Make A Difference Day: Saturday's Event Brings Together Millions Of Volunteers

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact

Read More: USA Today, Usa Weekend, Volunteering, Make a Difference, Create the Good, Make a Difference Day, Aarp, Paul Newman, Volunteerism, Public Service, Newman's Own, Impact News

Nineteen years ago, USA WEEKEND magazine initiated Make A Difference Day, an event to encourage volunteerism and action on the fourth Saturday of ever...

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Just Say "No" to Adult Children Wanting Money

Don McNay | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Children, Cspan, Addictions, Big Money, Roger Ailes, Bad Luck, Parenthood, Reagan, Cnbc, Injury Settlements, Lexington KY, 401k, Richmond Ky, Morning in America, Ncaa Basketball, Strippers, McNay Settlement Group, Inheritances, Rumeal Robinson, Tough Love, Bankruptcy, Retirement, Retired and Broke, Medical Expenses, Fox Business News, Clu, Just Say No, Soldiers, Enabling, The American College, Million Dollar Round Table, College Tuition, Foreclosures, Ambition, Helen Ford, Frontline, Special Needs Children, John Prine, Miami News Times, Ohio University, Budgeting, Msnbc, Failure to Launch, Financial Crisis, Aarp, Senior Citizen Bankruptcy, Personal Finance, Newsweek, Balanced Life, Msfs, Borrowing Money, Lotteries, Chfc, Foster Children, Kentucky, Don McNay, NBA Basketball, www.mcnay.com, Structured Settlements, www.donmcnay.com, Mortgage, Vanderbilt University, Eastern Kentucky University, Fox News, University of Michigan, Afghanistan, Mooching, Cssc, Caddilac, Business News

You are not doing your children any favors by not allowing them to grow up. I'm OK with parents helping children through college (in four years, not forty), but after that they are on their own.

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Serve The Community With Create The Good

Tom Nelson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: Public Policy, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Volunteering, Civic Engagement, Service, Serving, Aarp, Create the Good, Volunteerism, Eif, Impact News

Americans are ready to serve. Research conducted last year for AARP found that four in 10 people ages 44 to 79 expected to volunteer more in the next five years.

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Faith Hill PSA Encourages Community Service

Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Aarp, Public Service Announcements, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Faith Hill, Jesse Dylan, Iparticipate, Create the Good, Public Service, Impact News

As part of the Entertainment Industry Foundation's week of volunteerism, Faith Hill has filmed a Public Service Announcement encouraging viewers to gi...

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AARP Struggles To Win Over Membership On Health Reform

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Aarp, Senior Citizens, Lobbyblog, AARP Health Care Reform, AARP Lobbying, Politics News

The Hill reports that health care reform has proven the most divisive issue tackled by influential lobbying group AARP. Nancy LeaMond, who heads the ...

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Bankrupt Retirees: Older Americans Are Most Likely To Declare Bankruptcy

Newsweek | Linda Stern | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Age Group, Debt, Age Groups, Bankruptcy, Age, Retirement, Older, Bankruptcy Rates, Recession, Rates, Senior Citizens, Mortgage, Aarp, Personal Finance, Demographics, Business News

Older Americans are heading into and through retirement with a boatload of debt. They're carrying everything from mortgages and home-equity loans to b...

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The Workforce is Aging, but Where Are the Age-Friendly Employers?

Mark Miller | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Workforce, Aarp, Aging, Unemployment, Employers, Age Discrimination, Business News

The Great Recession is pushing older workers to postpone retirement, but will employers accommodate them?

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My Recent Trip to the Mailbox

Byron Williams | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Aarp, 50th Birthday, Birthdays, Retirement, Living News

AARP's arrival robs any sober-thinking individual of the impulses of denial. We can lie to our friends, but if AARP says you're 50, you're 50.

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Does Humana Have a Free Speech Right To Mislead The Elderly?

Dawn Teo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Lemieux, First Amendment Law, First Amendment, Mitch McConnell, Chip Pitts, Commercial Speech, Health Care Reform, Aarp, Cms, Medicare Advantage, Humana, Humana Letter, Healthcare, Humana in the News, Politics News

Medicare officials have admonished one provider for using customer lists to engage in political advocacy and lobbying -- a policy shift that could establish new legal principles in First Amendment law.

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Grandma's Got Game

Jessica Rovello | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Casual-Gaming, Aol, Casual Games, Arkadium, United Nations, Aarp, Advertising Week, Jessica Rovello, New York City, Omma, Living News

Those of us in the games business know that grandma, grandpa, and great uncle Fred are the little secret that drive millions of game plays monthly across a host of sites.

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Ignored by All Media: Major Health Care Provider Organizations Testify in Support of House Bill

Paul Abrams | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Nursing Association, Hr 3200, Aarp, American Medical Association, Healthcare Reform, American Hospital Association, Politics News

It might do the media well to devote more than one segment to the reality that the major health care providers and established patient organizations support the President's health care reform.

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Senior White House Adviser: Wilson "A Pimple On The Ass Of Progress"

The Daily Beast | Richard Wolffe | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, American Nurses Association, Joe Wilson, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Aarp, Steve Kroft, Obama Agenda, Politics News

The White House hits the road for health care reform, and speaks out--proclaiming the town halls didn't matter, and branding Joe Wilson "a pimple on t...

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A Short Guide to the Public Option Fight, and the 75-Year Battle Over Universal Health Care

Robert Reich | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Robert Reich, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, New York Times, Aarp, Hillary Clinton, Health Care, Barack Obama, Video, Politics News

With Congress returning from recess to consider health care legislation and the President set to deliver a major address on the subject to both houses of Congress tomorrow, a bit of history may be in order.

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Health Reform and a Strong Medicare Program

John Rother | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Aarp, Medicare, Health Insurance, John Rother, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

After months of being bombarded by myths about death panels, socialized medicine and rationed care, AARP members are asking legitimate questions about how they would be affected by health reform.

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Revised formula counts more Americans in poverty

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Elderly, Poverty, Senior Citizens, National Academy of Science, Aarp, Poverty Rate, Business News

WASHINGTON — The poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level, according to a revision o...

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If We Get This Wrong...

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Move on.Org, Debate, Jim Himes, Tort Reform, Connecticut, High School, Aarp, Health Insurance, Cancer, Congressman, Ct, Tea Party Express, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Death Panel, Norwalk, Politics News

What will be catastrophic is if we continue as we are, with only those who are healthy, wealthy, employed with a really great insurance plan or with Medicare coverage reaping the benefits.

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Age Rating in Health Reform Will Cost Everyone More

Natale Zimmer | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ageism, Health Care Reform, Aarp, OWL - the Voice of Midlife and Older Women, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Age Rating, Discrimination, Politics News

While there is much to be gained through passage of current health reform proposals, Congress' best intentions will be overshadowed if age discrimination is written into federal law.

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AARP Seeks More Neutral Image After Shedding Thousands Of Members

USA Today | Mimi Hall | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senior Citizens, Death Panels, Lobbyists, Michael Steele, Barry Rand, Aarp, Jennie Chin Hansen, Medicare, Alliance-for-Retired-Americans, Health Care, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- AARP, which has lost tens of thousands of members over its support for efforts to revamp the health care system, is preparing a post-Lab...

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Americans Want Universal Access to Graveyards

Julia Gorin | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Julia Gorin, Aarp, Socialism, Healthcare Reform, Obamacare, Town Hall Meetings, Obama Health Care, Soviet Union, Comedy News

I've often been astounded to hear the following sentence from Americans after they've learned that I escaped from the Soviet Union: "But at least everyone had medical coverage there."

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Dear President Obama: A Modest Medicare Proposal

Thom Hartmann | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Most of us will do damn near anything to get out from under the thumbs of the multi-millionaire CEOs who are running our current insurance programs. Sign me up!

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