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For the government to provide Medicare to 67.4 million people per month, it has to get the money from somewhere.…
Protecting Medicare a top concern for more than half of Americans in 2024 presidential election
With just five weeks remaining until the election of the 47th U.S. president, more than half of Americans say protecting…
Older adults should get their flu shots now. Here’s why they also need stronger vaccines
Flu season is nigh and if you’re 65 or older, don’t dally on getting your updated, 2024–25 vaccine. Seasonal flu…
Baby boomers are abusing marijuana at a higher rate as more Medicare beneficiaries turn to cannabis with ‘little other safe choices for pain or sleep’
Older Americans aren’t just using cannabis more, they’re also consuming the sometimes-legal-sometimes-not drug in dangerous ways. From 2017 through 2022,…
Elderly Americans lose $28 billion a year to scams, and some are fighting back by learning to spot deepfakes, AI, and misinformation
The students — most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s — couldn’t believe what…
Baby boomers are losing their life savings to phone scammers claiming to provide tech support, authorities say
Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year, according to an FBI report released Tuesday that shows a rise…
Why so many Medicare beneficiaries have trouble getting their Part D plan to cover their medications—and how to prevent it from happening to you
If you have a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan and take one or more brand-name medications—especially, expensive ones—there’s a…
Biden is an ‘elderly man with a poor memory,’ special counsel report says, detailing ‘painfully slow’ conversations
A special counsel report describing Joe Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and chronicling repeated occasions where…
Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran says older job applicants should interview with the energy and enthusiasm of younger workers: ‘Vitality is what fools an employer’
At 74, Barbara Corcoran is no stranger to age-related bias. After all, the founder of real estate giant the Corcoran…