Topic: Aarp

Health care reform bill a first step for keeping seniors in their homes longerA clear goal of the new health care reform law: increased access to home-based care. Last month's health care law contained some benefits for the nation's older population. It ...
AMA, AARP support revised health care overhaul bill; AMA calls it step toward real reformThe nation's largest association of doctors and the AARP senior citizens' lobby are endorsing President Barack Obama's revised health overhaul legislation. James Rohack, president of the American Medical ...
If health overhaul fails, look for spiraling premiums, more uninsured, skimpier MedicareWhat could be worse than health care overhaul? No health care overhaul. It's anybody's guess whether President Barack Obama's health remake will survive in Congress. But there's no doubting the consequences ...
What could be worse than health care overhaul? No health care overhaul. It's anybody's guess whether President Barack Obama's health remake will survive in Congress. But there's no doubting the consequences if lawmakers fail to address the problems of costs, coverage and ...
What could be worse than health care overhaul? No health care overhaul. It's anybody's guess whether President Barack Obama's health remake will survive in Congress. But there's no doubting the consequences if lawmakers fail to address the problems of costs, coverage and ...
AARP pushing Indiana legislators for easier access to home care services for seniorsGladys LaBoy has taken care of her 84-year-old husband, Adelo, since he was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2002. The 71-year-old Indianapolis woman helps Adelo get dressed, feeds him ...
The little town of Libby, Mont., isn't mentioned by name in the Senate's mammoth health care bill, but its 2,900 citizens are big winners in the legislation, thanks to the influence of Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. After pushing for years ...

Baucus touts reform to AARP members

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus told AARP members Tuesday that those who are worried that a health care overhaul would hurt their government benefits should know that even Medicare recipients would be helped under his plan. The Montana Democrat is leading a Senate ...
A group usually seen as one of Barack Obama's allies in the health care debate — AARP — says the president went too far Tuesday when he said the seniors lobby had endorsed the legislation pending in Congress. AARP is sensitive to ...
Coalitions to spend at least $60 million on ads pushing top billing for universal health careHealth care is returning as a campaign issue, with special interest and advocacy groups preparing to spend at least $60 million to push politicians to embrace universal ...