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After the presidential address last night on health reform, AARP conducted an overnight nationwide survey of people 45 years and older, and found that the president's speech caused a change in many Independents who were largely unsure about health care reform.
As many of you may know, President Obama is scheduled to address the nation in a speech on health care reform tonight. Here's a preview from AP - an interview with the White House Communications Director on Health Care Reform, Linda Douglas.
As we find out today that the unemployment rate is the highest it's been in 26 years, AP also released a story about the fact that the poverty rate among older Americans could be nearly twice as high as the traditional 10 percent level. This is according to the National Academy of Science's new…
Want to stay brain healthy? Our friends on the Brain Health page of AARP.org offer 50 ways to stay healthy between the ears. A number of the recommendations involve feeding your noodle Omega 3s (I'm looking at you, walnuts!). One recommendation involves playing video games. According to a new…
Senator Ted Kennedy died late last night after a hard battle with brain cancer at the age of 77. Our thoughts go out to his family, who said in their statement:
I've been getting a lot of questions in my inbox lately, and below is one of the most commonly asked. It's my hope that by answering these questions we can get the word out about why health care reform is important and debunk some of the myths that are floating around right now.
(Ted Weinstein/SFist)
Vice President Joe Biden was in Chicago today talking health care and his administration's plan to give $1.2 billion dollars to help computerize medical records. "Electronic medical record systems really save lives," Geriatrician June McKoy said.
The New York Times reports:
The Washington Post hosts regular online chats about the news of the day...and today AARP's Legislative Policy Director David Certner will be discussing health care reform and fielding questions from listeners.