House GOP releases documents on health care deals

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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar WASHINGTON — The White House played political hardball with drug industry honchos to get a 2009 deal that helped keep health care overhaul legislation...

Third man arrested in scam of Massachusetts elderly man

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HAVERHILL, Mass. — A third Maine man accused of scamming a 92-year-old Massachusetts man out of $90,000 for odd jobs around his home has been...

Social Security fund will be drained by 2037

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This year alone, Social Security is projected to collect $45 billion less in payroll taxes than it pays out in retirement, disability and survivor benefits, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

Couple split by Romney Medicare plan

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By Carla K. Johnson and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar CHICAGO – Mike O’Malley is 55; wife Sharon is 53. So what? So they’re on opposite sides of the age...

Fifty Plus Advocate January 2022

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Exploring possible housing options for your next stage in life

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Is it time for your next chapter in life? Are you an empty nester, retired, need assistance or moving on to a new stage in your life and wondering what different types of housing you should consider? Whether you are downsizing, trying to determine if you can afford to stay in your current home, or need to learn more about support services, to help get you started here is a general overview of some of the available housing options for elders.

AARP has not changed its position on Social Security

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WASHINGTON, June 17, 2011 — AARP CEO A. Barry Rand offered the following statement in response to inaccurate media stories on the association’s policy on...

GOP presses Obama on spending cuts, Medicare

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By Erica Werner WASHINGTON — Face to face at the White House, GOP leaders complained to President Barack Obama on Wednesday that he had not produced...

Survey: Many conflicted on gov’t spending cuts

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By Tom Raum
 WASHINGTON — As President Barack Obama and lawmakers spar over huge federal deficits, they’re confronted by a classic contradiction: Most Americans want government...

Long-term care insurance plan at risk

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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Even as leading Democrats offered assurances to the contrary, government experts repeatedly warned that a new long-term care insurance plan could go...