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Because I know you want the scoop...and because we are talking to some very cool folks this year at Vegas@50+, here's some sneak peek interviews with the celebs showing up in Vegas!
Check out this great new piece by AARP's Michael Zielenziger on how the rising cost of health care is costing older workers their pay wages, and even their jobs:
As we all know, the Senate Finance Committee took the first major step toward health reform by voting in favor of a health reform package which Max Baucus says will ensure that "in the United States of America no person goes broke just because he or she gets sick." But what is in it exactly? AARP…
Check out this WSJ article about getting older as an athlete. The author talks honestly and openly about his passion for competition, and how he had to come to terms that trying to come in first at 50 could be risky to his health when his doctor found an aneurysm in his aortic root. So that led him…
Check out this Washington Post piece by Simon Johnson and James Kwak discussing how we can look at affording health care reform.
If you witnessed the awesomeness that was 25,000 AARP members descending upon Washington, DC last year for our annual member event...then you'll understand why I am super excited to head out to Vegas next week for this year's event!
After the Senate Finance Committee passed the Affordable Health Choices Act yesterday, Nancy LeaMond (AARP Executive Vice President) released this statement:
Martha Hamilton has a piece up at AARP Bulletin about the dilemma that millions of Social Security recipients are facing for 2010: not only will there be no Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, but a hike in Medicare premiums that will leave them in a serious financial bind. The good news is…
As a really cool way to promote green living, AARP has created a new contest that allows folks to not only offer new ideas to be environmentally friendly, but also win stuff for doing it! The Live Green Everyday Sweepstakes urges people to give their tips on how to be green, and gives back green…