By Al Norman Elder Advocates in Massachusetts have become spoiled. Since the mid 1960s, we have had a U.S. senator who always voted with seniors. We didn’t have to talk Ted Kennedy into supporting our issues. It was, in a sense, too easy. Those days are gone. With U.S. Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., we have [...]
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Keeping people from being sent back to the hospital
Posted on 29 June 2010.
By Al Norman Have you ever known someone who went into the hospital, came back home, and then within a month or so, was readmitted? These kinds of “readmissions” are more common than most people realize. According to a recent federal report, re-hospitalization is a “frequent, costly, and sometimes life-threatening event.” Given that Medicare beneficiaries [...]
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Don’t let the state pass the elderly imprisonment bill of 2010
Posted on 26 May 2010.
No one should be forced to enroll in a health plan they did not freely choose to join.
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State adds 5-year freeze on nursing home construction
Posted on 03 May 2010.
By Al Norman Don’t expect to see any new nursing homes built in Massachusetts in the near future. That’s the word from the Massachusetts Public Health Council, which voted in mid-March to extend the current moratorium on new nursing home construction from May 1, 2010 to May 1, 2015. This is good news. The Council’s [...]
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Obama should expand Medicare for all
Posted on 21 April 2010.
A group called “Health Care Now” has been urging President Barack Obama to look backwards for the solution to health care reform.
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There’s another choice besides hurting the needy
Posted on 09 April 2010.
Our state budget is the financial expression of what our Constitution refers to as a “social compact” to ensure all individuals with “the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquility, their natural rights and the blessings of life.”
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