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AGING IN THE NEWS 1. "House votes to ease Medicare cuts to doctors," by Erica Werner (AssociatedPress via _Boston Globe_, November 20, 2009). http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/11/20/house_votes_to_ease_medicare_cuts_to_doctors/ 2. "U.S. House votes to boost Medicare pay to doctors," by Donna Smith (Reuters Health, November 20, 2009). http://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2009/11/20/eline/links/20091120elin013.html 3. "Medicare Tax on High Earners and Other Levies Stir Debate," by Martin Vaughan (_Wall St. Journal_, November 20, 2009, P. A6). Note: Full Text of the Wall St. Journal is available, for a fee, at: http://www.wsj.com/ Full text of the article may be available via GoogleNews (http://news.google.com/) by searching on the title or author. Full Text is also available (usually on a one day delay) via the ProQuest Newspaper Library, for the Eastern Edition only. These articles are taken from the Midwest Edition. Do a "guided search" on article title words for the date of the article. 1. "White House Backing Medicare 'Doc Fix' Bill" (Kaiser Family Foundation Health News, Nov. 19, 2009). http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2009/November/19/Doc-Fix.aspx 2. "Companies drop pensions, pay execs 350 million dollars: watchdog" (Reuters, Nov. 19, 2009). http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE5AI4DY20091119 3. "Fidelity (Investments) Says 401(k) Savings Accounts Recover From 2008 Decline," by Jeff Plungis (_Bloomberg News_, Nov. 19, 2009). http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asxvDsY3C57g&pos=4 1. "Reid considers raising Medicare tax for high earners," by Janet Hook (_Los Angeles Times_, November 17, 2009). Note: _LAT_ requires free registration before providing articles. http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-health-taxes17-2009nov17,0,3519511.story 2. "Bill would cause increase in Medicare premiums," by David Espo (Associated Press via _Google_, November 17, 2009). http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxBlXL2PdI9MY8ABYzh6XNXLFAygD9C1J5IG0 3. "Medicare And Medicaid Dominate 'Improper Payments' By Feds," by Julie Rovner (_National Public Radio_ blog, November 18, 2009). http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2009/11/medicare_and_medicaid_dominate.html 4. "Senate weighs long-term care program," (Associated Press via _USA Today_, November 17, 2009). http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-17-Heatlh-Care_N.htm 5. "Judge grants pension funds access to BofA documents," by Richard Lewis (_Global Pensions_ [London], November 18, 2009). http://www.globalpensions.com/global-pensions/news/1562561/judge-grants-pension-funds-access-bofa-documents 6. "Military's 'senior mentors' cashing in; Retired officers on payroll of Pentagon and defense firms," by Tom Vanden Brook, Ken Dilanian and Ray Locker (_USA Today_, November 18, 2009). http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-11-17-military-mentors_N.htm |