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• in Finance
  Senior Investors: Spit Out This Free Lunch
  Seniors are being scammed with "free lunch seminars," AARP is offering help.
  by philmf / on Nov 30, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “aarp”

• What Are You Thinking?

  
  Let Freedom Ring — Authority: 137
  If there’s a question that Dick Morris asks in his latest column , it’s whether the Democrats are really stupid enough to pass health care. Here’s a sample from his column: Will you listen to the elderly who absorb 40 percent of medical care and not to the AARP, which you have bought by way of a promise ...
  9 hours ago

• AARP stands behind support of health care reform

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  The letter to the editor penned by Steve Claggett ( St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Nov. 28, 2009) was fraught with numerous errors that need to be corrected.   First, AARP has made a promise to all seniors that we will fight to protect Medicare.…
  17 hours ago

• Cutting waste will protect Medicare

  
  Mountain Sage — Authority: 135
  I hope you will click on the link and read the whole article.  It is quite enlightening.  I certainly wasn’t happy about Medicare cuts, but if this article is correct, those cuts would be savings cuts, not cuts to care. Bill Kallio Kallio lives in Richmond and is the state director for AARP Virginia. AARP has ...
  1 day ago

• Warner leads health-care cost-saving effort in Senate

  
  Augusta Free Press — Authority: 482
     Staff Report www.warner.senate.gov A group of 11 freshman U.S. senators organized by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., are introducing today a package of amendments that will broaden and accelerate efforts to encourage innovation and lower costs for consumers across the U.S. health-care system. “The ...
  2 days ago

• The Blueprint Penned From the Pen: Manufacture a Crisis, Manufacture Rage

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  In today’s Big Government post by Joel Pollack readers were treated to an amazing glimpse into the political strategy that has been put into place over the past year by the Obama Administration to force the radical overhaul of the American health care system all under the guise of “Health Care Reform” If ...
  2 days ago

• Pennacchio Responds to Senator Menendez on Health Care

  
  New Jersey Senate Republicans — Authority: 125
  The following statement was released by State Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-Morris/Passaic) regarding the government takeover of health care: “Senator Menendez, rather than showing facts to defend his support of the government takeover of health care chose instead to describe opposition as ‘fearful, partisan ...
  3 days ago

• Drugmakers’ support for health overhaul tested

  
  HealthPoint PA — Authority: 140
  Philadelphia Inq reports: ALAN FRAM The Associated Press WASHINGTON - The pharmaceutical industry may have to cough up more than the $80 billion it agreed to contribute to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul effort, reflecting pressure from Democrats and their supporters for more money to cover older and ...
  3 days ago

• What Do Baby Boomers Want From Technology?

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Americans 50 and older want technology to be practical, from small projectors to electronic health records, according to an unusual research project sponsored by AARP and Microsoft.
  3 days ago

• What Do Baby Boomers Want From Technology?

  
  Bits — Authority: 755
  By next year, one-third of the United States population will be over 50 years old. That graying demographic is expected to outspend younger adults by $1 trillion in 2010. And among other things, the over-50 crowd shows the highest intent to purchase consumer electronics of any age group.But is the over-50 demographic ...
  3 days ago

• State farm insurance for your car.

  
  Word Report — Authority: 130
  Last week on my birthday, my dad gifted me a beautiful car. This is my first car, and it is very special for me. I was searching for the best auto insurance that can take proper care of my car. My dad suggested state farm auto insurance because he also has insured his cars through this company. But, I didn’t want ...
  3 days ago

• Medicare tall tales

  
  Broward's Blog — Authority: 114
  St. Petersburg Times Editorial: Arizona Sen. John McCain should know better. So should Florida Sen. George LeMieux and Gov. Charlie Crist . They are among the politicians using tired scare tactics to build opposition to the cuts to Medicare s growth in the health care reform proposals ...
  3 days ago

• Kirk And Michael Douglas Kick Off Aarp Convention In Boston

  
  Sreelancer — Authority: 172
  AARP kicked off its Life@50+ lifestyle event and expo in Boston with a humorous and touching appearance by actors Kirk Douglas, 90, and his son, Michael, 62. The stars talked about their relati. . .
  4 days ago

• John McCain: God Bless...No, Shame on...No, God Bless...No, Shame on the AARP!

  
  Blue Virginia — Authority: 142
  What prompted John McCains 180-degree change of heart? Well, AARP has said that "it supports $460 billion in Medicare cuts needed to cover the cost of new a healthcare bill, citing that the only casualties would be waste and inefficiency." In addition: "No guaranteed Medicare benefits would be reduced with such ...
  4 days ago

• AARP poll finds boomers are turning to the Internet

  
  JVA's Nonprofit Street — Authority: 116
  The AARP recently conducted a poll on the Internet usage of Americans in the age groups 50–64 and 65 and older. The findings show that the boomer population is turning to the Internet to find information and stay connected. 68% of the respondents in the 50–64 range said that they used a computer at home. 53% of ...
  5 days ago

• Canadian PM Harper Carries on as Bush Lite

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 142
  Harper is such a reactionary, so Neanderthal in his outlook, beliefs and world view that he makes Mike Huckabee seem qualified to lead MoveOn.org by comparison. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Use of white blood cells from donors to cure cancer ?

  
  The Word Is Hope — Authority: 141
  http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/nc/articles/cancer_cure_in_mice_to_get_human_trials_wake_forest_university_scientists_studying_genetic_immunity_in_mice_to_start_testing_humans.html What is the status of the Wake Forest human tests?
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• Then and Now

  
  We Rush Daily — Authority: 131
  Fridays Rush Limbaugh Morning Update: Dateline: 4 December 2009 In 2005, the Republican Congress sought to reduce Medicares rate of growth by $6 billion. The AARP went nuts! They claimed the "cuts" – which werent cuts – would harm millions of low-income seniors, and millions more who needed long-term care. ...
  6 days ago

• Senate votes to keep Medicare cuts (Democrats and AARP vote to pull the plug on grandma)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The Senate voted Thursday to keep nearly $500 billion in Medicare cuts in its overhaul of the health care system, protecting the bills major source of financing against a Republican attack. On a vote of 58 to 42, the Senate rejected a proposal by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to send the bill back to committee with ...
  6 days ago

• As a baby boomer, do you love or hate technology?

  
  blog.boomer411.com — Authority: 107
  By Rita R. Robison, Consumer Specialist, Blogging at The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide What do you do at work when the latest versions of e-mail and word processing programs are installed? Jump for joy? Or scream and cry in frustration? A new study shows that baby boomers have a unique relationship to ...
  6 days ago

• Senator McCain – Cut Up Your AARP Card

  
  Purple People Vote — Authority: 411
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