Campaign urges elderly to stand up for rights
Washington AP celebrities join AARP and ABA to launch Do Yourself Justice Know Your Rights campaign urging older Americans to assert Medicare rights and legal protections. TV and radio spots feature Alex Haley Anne Jackson Eli Wallach Celeste Holm and Rita Moreno with topics on guardianship discrimination insurance and more.
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Jobin E. Pickering
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Skyrocketing elderly care costs loom, study warns
Washington researchers warn costs for Americans 65 and older could triple by 2040 and rise sixfold for those 85 plus, unless prevention and treatment of aging diseases improve. The analysis links aging population, Alzheimer's disease, and nursing home care to balloon Medicare spending with federal funding urged to rise.
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