Surge in Early Retirement Exposes Baby Boomer Inequality

Surge in Early Retirement Exposes Baby Boomer Inequality

Bloomberg — More than 1.7 million older workers retired early during the pandemic; Unplanned retirement can lead to poverty, report finds The surge in early retirements spurred by the pandemic is increasing inequality among Baby Boomers in the U.S., with older Black...
Efforts to engage Veterans in advance care planning

Efforts to engage Veterans in advance care planning

The VAntage Point blog/US Dept. of Veterans Affairs — For more than 30 years, Jennifer Vedral-Baron was a nurse in the Navy, focused on taking care of military members and their families. Now, she is using her experience to support and encourage other Veterans to...
Pandemic Leads Doctors to Rethink Unnecessary Treatment

Pandemic Leads Doctors to Rethink Unnecessary Treatment

Kaiser Health News — COVID-19 is opening the door for researchers to address a problem that has vexed the medical community for decades: the overtreatment and unnecessary treatment of patients. On one hand, the pandemic caused major health setbacks for non-covid...