ELF News Archives
February 2006
- Help at home for the elderly would be beneficial -
According to a Purdue university study, elderly who have access to help at home are hospitalised to a lesser extent than those who do not.
MedIndia 2/14
- Caregivers' fight against burnout -
Torn between love and exhaustion, dedication and guilt. That's how Carol Bradley Bursack, author of Minding Our Elders, describes the day-to-day emotions of more than 44 million Americans caring for a parent, spouse, sibling or other infirm adult.
SMH 2/14
- Repeal this terrible new Medicare program -
END IT, don't mend it. There is no way to repair the monstrosity of the new Medicare prescription drug program...Is there anyone who likes this new drug benefit, other than the pharmaceutical and managed-care companies that benefit the most?
North Jersey Media 2/14
- Rural nursing homes struggling to stay open -
Nursing homes in rural Oklahoma towns are struggling to remain open because they don't have enough patients to break even financially.
KTEN 2/13
- The Biggest Medicare Fraud Ever -
His (Bush) vast expansion of the welfare state is wrecking any effort to rein in government spending...The value of the medical care that seniors receive far exceeds the Medicare taxes they have previously paid and are currently paying. But that was irrelevant to the political calculus... Bush constantly portrayed the issue of new handouts in the loftiest moral terms.
FFF 2/13
- Making Economic Sense -
The American public has been conned into thinking that the Social Security tax is not a tax at all, but a benevolent national "insurance" scheme into which everyone pays premiums from the beginning of their working lives, finally "collecting" benefits when they get to be 65. The system is held to be analogous to a private insurance firm, which collects premiums over the years, invests them in productive ways that yield interest, and then later pays old-age annuities to the lucky beneficiaries.
Mises 2/13
- BRAZIL'S SOCIAL SECURITY DEFICIT SURPASSES R$ 1 TRILLION -
"Brazil's public debt can be fully attributed to social security deficits...
Earth Times 2/13
- Bush plan would trim Social Security survivor benefits -
President Bush's budget calls for elimination of a $255 lump-sum death payment that has been part of Social Security for more than 50 years and urges Congress to cut off monthly survivor benefits to 16- and 17-year-old high school dropouts.
Salem News 2/08
- It's Time to Face Up to the U.S. Medicare Crisis -
When you look at the problems facing America, the cost of health care is at the top of the list. It will soon hit the crisis stage, if it hasn't already...If the size of a problem is any indication of its likely priority on the president's agenda, reforming health care will be front and center. According to the most recent Medicare trustees report, the present value of the program's obligations--what Medicare will have to pay over an infinite time period in today's dollars--totals $68.1 trillion.
Am. Enterprise Institute 2/08
- Medicare plan hard on nursing homes -
Some nursing homes got a bit of a surprise upon opening their January pharmacy bills. They were charged thousands of dollars for residents' prescription drugs that were supposed to be covered by the new Medicare drug plan. This was especially true for "dual eligible" residents who are covered by both Medicare and the low-income government program, Medicaid.
Democrat Chronicle 2/08
- Bus rides becoming a challenge for many senior citizens -
Decades ago, Dial-a-Ride was a cheap and convenient way for seniors to get around the area by bus.
But now, more than three-quarters of the seats are filled by disabled riders.
KVOA Tuscon 2/08
- Lawsuits seeks end to warehousing in nursing homes -
Advocates for the mentally ill have drafted a lawsuit accusing the state of warehousing patients in nursing homes and failing to provide adequate services.
WTNH 2/06
- Group Launches Effort To Raise Awareness Of Elder Abuse -
A young Manchester woman is helping spread the word about elder abuse and neglect.
WMUR Channel 2/06
- Seniors may lose homes for care -
As part of a deficit-reduction package President Bush is poised to sign, the new law will make it increasingly difficult for seniors to afford long-term medical care, nursing-home officials and elder-law specialists said.
Richmond Times-Dispatch 2/06