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Within a decade, the U.S. population will consist of more adults over 65 than children under 18. To prepare for rapid population aging, Age-friendly Community (AFC) programs across the country are helping towns, cities, counties, and states transform their communities into great places to grow up…
“If it wasn’t for SNAP, I don’t know what we would do.” – 61-year-old AARP survey participant
As states and communities continue to recover from the devastation caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, many are left wondering what could be done to prevent large-scale destruction from such disasters. Despite the severity of those storms, they were only the most recent among several to sweep…
Here are five major improvements the Affordable Care Act has made for people who are uninsured or undersinsured
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) created an additional set of rules governing Medicaid eligibility, and these new rules and the traditional rules interact in ways that can significantly affect low-income Medicare beneficiaries. Here’s a primer on what’s at stake
Creating a larger, more highly skilled nursing workforce will improve access to higher-quality, more patient-centered, and more affordable care
A soon-to-be- proposed regulation from the Department of Labor could help people understand how much monthly income they can count on their savings to provide in retirement
Medicare's public release of hospital charge data is a bold first step in health care price transparency
Many consumers and policymakers mistakenly believe that Medicare pays for long-term care. It does not
Here’s why state policymakers should consider expanding their Medicaid programs to cover more uninsured adults
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