Fifty Plus Advocates

I was taken aback by my less than enthusiastic reaction upon learning that former Vice President Dick Cheney had had a heart transplant.

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By Linda F. Fitzgerald It’s no secret: For the last year, Congress has been debat- ing cuts to Medicare and Social Security as part of a deal to reduce the federal deficit. But, what Washington hasn’t been discussing is how to make sure Medicare and Social Security can continue to provide the health and economic security [...]

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By Al Norman In July of 2005, then Gov. Mitt Romney filed health care legislation on Beacon Hill that eventually was signed into law, making the Commonwealth the first state in the nation to pass healthcare reform that requires all individuals (with some exemptions) to purchase health insurance coverage. When he filed the bill, Romney [...]

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What does it say about our state when its top elected official ignores the most vulnerable among us? At best, the governor’s behavior proves a disconnect, resulting from the lack of leadership at the state level tasked with serving the elderly and their caregivers.

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Through the years I have interviewed far too many financially strapped retirees, yet I am still moved by individuals who are wiped out by one catastrophic illness or who have not sufficiently calculated the amount needed to live in relative comfort.

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By Al Norman For the sixth year in a row, in Gov. Deval Patrick’s annual report to citizens he has said little or nothing about his vision of how to improve the lot of older and disabled individuals living in the Commonwealth. Since his first inaugural address in January of 2007, the governor has barely [...]

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