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Older Voters Look Beyond Social Security, Medicare

Posted on 09/28/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Josh Lederman of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Get in line, Medicare and Social Security. Seniors, like just about everyone else, have money on their minds. Who wins the trust of seniors, a group that votes at a higher rate than any other, will be a deciding factor in the presidential election. That should be good news for Mitt Romney, because those 65 and older have backed the Republican candidate in both of the last two presidential elections. …

Premiums for Popular Medicare Advantage Plans Only Inching Up

Posted on 09/20/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of the Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Monthly premiums for popular private insurance plans through Medicare are only inching up next year, the Obama administration said Sept. 19, trumpeting good news for skeptical older voters on a closely watched election-year issue. Republican Mitt Romney has warned that cuts in President Barack Obama’s health care law would hobble programs such as Medicare Advantage, the private insurance option that’s a thriving part of Medicare. But deputy Medicare administrator Jonathan …

Congress — The Branch of Government Everyone Loves to Hate

Posted on 08/15/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsEverybody hates Congress. Not exactly a news flash, is it? These days the frustration with — and outright dislike of — Congress is accepted background not only for the voting public, but also for lots of congressional candidates, who routinely disparage the performance of the government they hope to join. But there’s also evidence that voters 50 and older, in particular, are just plain fed up with government. And that dynamic could have an impact on close races this fall. …

So You Think Older Voters Know What They’re Talking About?

Posted on 08/15/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsOlder voters. What do they know? More than younger voters, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. On nearly every of a dozen questions the center posed to registered voters, people 50 and older answered correctly more often than 18- to 34-year-olds. Voters 50 and older did best in knowing basic facts about the White House and the presidential candidates. A full 87 percent, for example, could identify Joe Biden as …

Older Voters Blame Washington Gridlock for Economic Woes

Posted on 08/8/2012 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | WorkBoomers are so disgusted with our stubborn political leaders that they blame them more often than they blame the economy  for their own precarious personal finances. I was amazed to learn from a new AARP survey that 78 percent of people aged 50-plus feel that Washington gridlock has harmed their money situation compared with 77 percent who cited the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The prolonged political stalemate, and growing concerns over retirement security, drove up an “Anxiety Index” that …

In the Show-Me State, Older Voters Don’t Feel So Secure About Social Security

Posted on 07/25/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsSusan Milligan has been 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 Missouri. It’s easy to see why retired and semi-retired people find Columbia, Mo., so appealing. As a university town, it carries a certain aura of intellectualism and energy. It has independent bookstores, charming cafes and lots to do for a city its size. But some voters …

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