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In recent years, Massachusetts has taken significant steps to improve care for seniors, most notably the Act to Improve Quality and Oversight of Long-Term Care. In a recent Risking Old Age in America podcast, Rep. Thomas M. Stanley, Co-chair of the Elder Affairs Committee, describes this initiative as well as further steps in the works. These includ…
How demographics and recent tax laws are squeezing Social Security. This year’s Social Security Trustees Report took a major step towards offering a more realistic assessment of Social Security’s financial status as the Trustees recognized that the fertility rate is not likely to rebound and that lower immigration and the GOP tax law known as…
