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Meals on Wheels Caught in Budget Food Fight

Posted on 05/8/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Caregiving | PoliticsMeals on Wheels programs across the nation are seeing the pain of federal budget cuts. The system that delivers hot meals to millions of home-bound or low-income seniors five days a week isn’t near collapse. But with across-the-board spending cuts, called sequestration, taking hold since March 1, local programs have begun to limit who they serve and intend to pull back in other ways. “It’s a slowly developing crisis,” Martha Roherty, executive director of the National Association of States United …

Budget Gridlock Feeds Pessimism at Annual Fiscal ‘Summit’

Posted on 05/8/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On this, some of Washington’s highest-ranking budget players can agree: A “grand bargain” this year to close the nation’s chronic budget deficits seems like a long shot. That was the consensus at an annual Washington “fiscal summit” thrown by billionaire deficit hawk Pete Peterson, who’s staked $1 billion of his fortune on a foundation aimed at raising public awareness of the dangers of the government’s growing debt. But barely 100 days into …

How Much Clout Does Your State Have in Washington?

Posted on 05/7/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsPolitical power ends up in some interesting places. Roll Call measures just how much clout each state has in Washington and even figures out how much influence each state has per member of Congress. Why does clout matter? Billions in federal aid are at stake, and the ability to influence everything from how much citizens are taxed to legislation on Medicare, Social Security, guns, immigration and countless other matters. Roll Call’s clout index factors in leadership positions held by lawmakers …

People Try to Put Us Down – Talking About All Generations

Posted on 05/6/2013 by | AARP Media Relations Team | Comments

Home & Family | Money & Savings | PoliticsIn Nancy Altman’s 2005 book The Battle for Social Security: From FDR’s Vision to Bush’s Gamble, she opens with the story of how after 9/11 “the families of virtually every worker who perished that day were entitled to benefits under the program.” In millions of conversations AARP held in 2012, Americans said they want Social Security and Medicare to be there for their children and grandchildren.  And for millions of children, Social Security is the only thing that stands between …

Will Surprise Hospital Costs Be Outlawed?

Posted on 05/3/2013 by | Health | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsBy Susan Jaffe This Kaiser Health News story produced in collaboration with USA Today After Lois Frarie, a 93-year-old retired teacher from Monterey, Calif., spent four days at a local hospital while being treated for a broken elbow and pelvis, she went to a nearby nursing home to build up her strength. But her family was stunned to find out that they would have to pay thousands of dollars up front since two of the days she spent in the …

Public Needs a Dose of Info on Health Care Law

Posted on 05/2/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsMore than 40 percent of American adults don’t know that President Obama’s health care legislation is now the law of the land. Call it the Affordable Care Act. Call it Obamacare. But call it the law. The Obama administration is already rolling out application forms for individuals who need coverage. Yet 12 percent of those polled by the Kaiser Family Foundation said they thought that Congress  repealed the law. Another 7 percent said they thought the Supreme Court overturned it. …

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