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Most Americans can vote in the 2012 presidential election simply by going to a polling place in their neighborhoods. But for U.S. citizens outside our borders - whether they're serving in the U.S. military, on work assignments or living in retirement abroad - voting can be a lot more difficult.…
Previously, we summarized the parts of the Democratic and Republican party platforms dealing with issues important to older Americans, including Social Security and Medicare, and what each side would do to promote retirement security - a broader catch-all that includes everything from affordable…
On Medicare and Social Security, the battle lines for the presidential election are now clearly drawn.
Former President Bill Clinton always reveled in his position as explainer-in-chief, and he reprised the role at the Democratic National Convention last night with a plain-spoken account of the running battle over $716 billion of "cuts" to Medicare.
Democrats had headliners like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland bemoan the GOP approach to Social Security and Medicare. But it was Rep. John Larson of Connecticut who brought the Democratic National…
From mayors to members of Congress, and from governors to Cabinet secretaries, opening-night speakers at the Democratic National Convention pushed one of the biggest emerging issues of the 2012 presidential campaign - Medicare - into prime-time prominence.
Delegates at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., went on record today as committed to keeping the "promise'' of Social Security and Medicare for older Americans. But their 2012 platform is short on details of their own plans to maintain the financial strength of both…
Now that the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa is history, the political junkies and undecided voters among us get to take the weekend off, before we immerse ourselves in still more hoopla and impassioned rhetoric at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept.…
Republican Mitt Romney routinely edges out President Obama among older voters. Yet in accepting his party's presidential nomination Thursday night, he made only fleeting references to the health and retirement security issues facing older Americans.
Even though Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate catapulted Medicare onto center stage of this year's presidential contest, Ryan devoted only a couple of sentences to the issue in accepting his party's vice presidential nomination tonight.