There has to be a much better coordination of public and private efforts so that a lot more of the people who apply are actually eligible.

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With Medicare premiums having increased by over 50 percent in the past three years, do we really want hundreds of thousands of seniors no longer able to afford to see their doctors?

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Epilepsy is one of the most often misdiagnosed, mistreated, or under-treated conditions affecting seniors.

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This study has demolished the misconception about old age, ... The possibility of experiencing positive, vital aging lasting into our tenth decade of life is one of the new realities of the 21 st century.

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We knew it was going to be a long, hard road to find and enroll the people who are eligible for the extra help. We will be sitting down with Social Security next week to talk about how the private sector can work more closely with the government to improve on the results.

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They're disappointing, but not unexpected. We knew it was going to be difficult to find and enroll people. We also knew the strategy of going to 19 million people was likely to backfire.

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We need to remember there are millions of Americans for whom old age is a time of hardship.

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In many communities, there aren't other options and if they try to get back their Medigap coverage, they will find out that either they don't quality for the coverage anymore or they have to pay higher premiums.

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It's more a stage than an age. The concept of retirement at age 65 is going out the window. Many people are opting to stop working earlier than later. 65 is an irrelevant limit now.

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