Nearly 9 in 10 doubt Obama, GOP can break gridlock
By Jennifer Agiesta and Emily Swanson
WASHINGTON —
Americans may not agree on much lately, but one opinion is nearly universal: There’s almost no chance that...
Woman celebrates 110th birthday
FAIRFIELD, Conn. —
A Connecticut woman is celebrating a big milestone — her 110th birthday.
There weren’t quite that many candles on Emily Tremonti’s cake on...
Medicare Advantage enrollment deadline looms
By Tom Murphy
Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they’d rather avoid: Researching and then settling on coverage...
GOP senators to hold up Social Security nominee
By Stephen Ohlemacher
WASHINGTON —
President Barack Obama's pick to head the Social Security Administration could be stalled over the agency's handling of a $300 million computer...
New Medicaid rule could challenge state shift from nursing homes
For more than 30 years, states have been finding new ways to care for aged and disabled Medicaid beneficiaries without confining them to nursing...
Advocates urge Gov. Patrick to spare vulnerable seniors
BROCKTON, MA —
Six days before Gov. Deval Patrick announced his budget cuts to elder home care services, elder rights groups including Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), the...
Soaring generic drug prices draw Senate scrutiny
By Matthew Perrone
WASHINGTON —
Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes of up to...
AARP launches “I Heart Caregivers” website
BOSTON —
November marks National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize the 42 million Americans, 1.3 million in Massachusetts, who help care for aging...
Medicare paid for meds after patients were dead
WASHINGTON —
Call it drugs for the departed: A quirky bureaucratic rule led Medicare’s prescription drug program to pay for costly medications even after the...
Another year, another small Social Security bump
By Stephen Ohlemacher
WASHINGTON—
For the third straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their...
