Aging Bifocal, May/June 2012
ABA Commission on Law and Aging
Assisted Suicide Redefining physicians' role in assisted dying
By Julian J.Z. Prokopetz, B.A., and Lisa Soleymani Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D | New England Journal of Medicine 2012; 367:97-99, July 12, 2012
Estate Planning Taking care of disabled heirs
When loved ones need help, estate planning can be tricky
By Kelly Greene | The Wall Street Journal
Financial Matters Beyond the tried-and-true: generating cash in later life
A look at five atypical ways to boost income in retirement
By Simon Constable | The Wall Street Journal Even cautious bond investors should look oversees
By Jack Hough | The Wall Street Journal Get ready for the new investment tax
By Laura Sanders | The Wall Street Journal IRA rules get trickier
Uncle Sam is cracking down on common retirement-account errors. Here’s how to protect yourself
By Kelly Greene | The Wall Street Journal One target, but many ways to hit it
Target-date retirement funds sound simple, but competing strategies make it tough to choose one.
By Michael A. Pollock | The Wall Street Journal States to face new pressure over pensions
By Michael Corkery And Michael Rapoport | The Wall Street Journal
Health/Healthcare Diabetes doctors: NYC big-soda ban is just a start
Doctors treating the casualties of the global obesity epidemic say an unpopular proposal to limit soda portions in New York City should be just the beginning of stricter regulation of unhealthy foods.
By Ransdell Pierson | Reuters In the end, it may not be about medicine
For cancer patients, a good death may have more to do with simple human values than with the latest medical treatments, a new study suggests.
By Frederik Joelving | Reuters Health Sitting for more than three hours a day cuts life expectancy
By Andrew Seidman| The Wall Street Journal The tax rules for renting out your vacation home
By Laura Saunders | The Wall Street Journal Women's lung cancer deaths up in South and Midwest
By Natasja Sheriff | Reuters Health
Legislative Elder Law
Hearings
The Senate Special Aging Committee will hold a hearing on efforts to enhance women’s retirement security. 7/25/12, 2 pm, room TBA. | | Long-Term Care Elder Law
By Kelly Greene | The Wall Street Journal
Medicare How to avoid Medicare landmines
By Kelly Greene | The Wall Street Journal Hospitals finding patients on Google, Facebook
By Phil Galewitz | Kaiser Health News Medicare coverage gap may cause seniors to forgo antidepressants
Study also found less use of heart failure, diabetes drugs as out-of-pocket costs rose
Healthday | Source: U.S. News & World Report Medicare tries to cut the cost of its most complex patients
By Janet Adamy | The Wall Street Journal More than 16 million people with Medicare get free preventive services in 2012
Affordable Care Act made many preventive services no cost to beneficiaries
News Release | Department of Health and Human Services Most doctors headed for penalty over Medicare quality reporting
By Charles Fiegl | American Medical News The crushing cost of care
A small percentage of challenging cases, often at the end of life, make up the great bulk of Medicare spending on hospital care. Are we anywhere close to containing the costs?
By Janet Adamy and Tom McGinty | The Wall Street Journal
Reverse Mortgages Advisers reverse thinking on reverse mortgages
By Tom Lauricella | The Wall Street Journal
Technology 3 Reasons to have an Internet, social media policy
By Jennifer K. Halford | Findlaw Lawyers get vigilant on cybersecurity
Pressure grows as mobile devices, email make sensitive data more vulnerable
By Jennifer Smith | The Wall Street Journal
Potpourri For middle-aged job seekers, a long road back
By Ben Casselman | The Wall Street Journal Proposed changes to psychiatric manual could impact addiction diagnosis
By Michelle Andrews | Kaiser Health News Vacation homes beckon
By Jim Light | The Wall Street Journal |
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