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Medicare receives too little attention. While the Trustees’ Report on Social Security makes headlines, commentary on Medicare is relegated to the back pages. Yet Medicare is a huge and growing program, operating in an expensive environment. In 11 years, the country is slated to pay more for Medicare than Social Security…
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…
