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Healthcare Reform Upheld: What It Means for Latinos

Posted on 07/11/2012 by | Washington D.C. | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeThe Supreme Court has decided. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains in effect and now both government and health care providers are focusing on continuing its implementation. At AARP, we supported health care reform because the law, better known as the Affordable Care Act, offers numerous protections that benefit millions of Americans who had no access to affordable health insurance. But what does it means for Latinos? It provides access to healthcare benefits and coverage previously unavailable. Once the law …

For the Obama Campaign, a Cloud with a Silver Lining

Posted on 06/13/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsIt’s a good news-bad news thing that’s got to be really frustrating for the message-makers inside the Obama campaign. Voters in the 65-and-up bracket, polls show, believe the president and the Democrats will do a better job serving older Americans and have better ideas for Social Security, Medicare and health care. But they still prefer Republican Mitt Romney. The margins are narrow all the way around, suggesting that voters 65 and older are as divided as everyone else over their …

Some Political Advice from the Dance Floor: Don’t Just Stand There . . .

Posted on 05/23/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsSusan Milligan is visiting six Election 2012 battleground states to talk with 50-plus voters for a report that will be published in the September issue of the AARP Bulletin. She posted this from Fairfax, Virginia. Wanna shag? It’s a question that might get your face slapped in a pub in England, where the word refers to an intimate encounter. But in Virginia and southward, shag is a couple’s dance. And at Icons, a popular restaurant and dance hall in Fairfax, …

Insurance Refund: The Check Might Be In The Mail

Posted on 05/2/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthAlmost a third of people who bought their own insurance last year will get refunds averaging $127 under a provision of the new health care law, according to a new analysis of state data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research group. The checks are due consumers and businesses by Aug. 1, but the percentage of those who can expect the rebates varies widely by state, the foundation said. In some states, like Vermont, Rhode Island, Iowa and Hawaii, less than …

5 Things to Talk About With Your Doctor

Posted on 04/25/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Personal HealthThe following is a guest post from William J. Hall, MD, AARP Board Member. Bill Hall is a geriatrician with a special interest in strategies for successful aging. Last time, I described some of the reasons why both patients and physicians sometimes feel that the office visit is not as satisfying as either would like. Based on many years of caring for older adults, here are a few simple strategies: Make a List. No matter what your age, the most …

The Takeaway: 1 In 4 Working-Age Americans Had No Health Insurance

Posted on 04/20/2012 by | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsIndividual Insurance Market Too Costly for Most: More than a quarter of working-age U.S. adults—or about 48 million people—lacked health insurance at some point in 2011, according to a new study from the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund. The study polled people aged 19 to 64. Of those without insurance, 70 percent had spent a year or more without coverage, and 57 percent had been uninsured for two years or more.

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