Jan 26, 2022 | News
From NPR.org — BOSTON — When Wanda Olson’s son-in-law died in March after contracting COVID-19, she and her daughter had to grapple with more than just their sudden grief. They had to come up with money for a cremation. Even without a funeral, the bill came to...
Jan 18, 2022 | News
From Forbes.com — By Robert W. Wood, Forbes contributor — Prince’s Estate has settled its tax dispute with the IRS over the value of the star’s assets on his death. Prince died without a will in 2016, and that set off a number of legal proceedings. He did not have a...
Jan 11, 2022 | News
From CNBC.com — There’s a chance that your Medicare Part B premiums for 2022 could be reduced. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Monday announced that he is instructing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reassess this year’s...
Jan 4, 2022 | News
From NextAvenue.org — Redesigning nursing home care for the future By Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN and The John A. Hartford Foundation The pandemic has triggered a national conversation about where and how people want to live as they age and need increasing...
Dec 28, 2021 | News
From The Dayton Daily News — Only 35% of Ohio nursing home residents — a population extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 — and 13% of nursing home staff have received their coronavirus booster vaccine, according to the latest data from mid-November. The majority of...
Dec 21, 2021 | News
From Next Avenue — Why the jobs picture is complicated for them, and how one woman is skilling up By Ramona Schindelheim If you’re over 40, hunting for a job and not getting hired, you’re far from alone. Adults in their 40s, 50s and 60s now make up half...
Dec 14, 2021 | News
From HealthCare.gov — By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter In a sign that the expansion of Medicaid has really worked, new research finds that death rates have declined in states that expanded the public health insurance program. Medicaid expansion began in 2014 as...
Dec 7, 2021 | News
From McKnight’s Senior Living — Paying for long-term care, declining health that requires long-term care, and outliving savings and investments are among the top retirement concerns of American workers, according to the results of a new survey. Transamerica...
Nov 30, 2021 | News
From the Kaiser Family Foundation — Following the recent US Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation, children ages 5-11 are now eligible to receive Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19...
Nov 23, 2021 | News
From The Washington Post — By Rachel Roubein Articles in this guide describe key features of legislation passed by the House to advance President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda and overhaul social and climate policy in the United States. The bill now moves to the...
