Aging

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Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Navigating Aging Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 60 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. To contact Judith Graham with a question or comment, click here. Join the Navigating Aging Facebook […]

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Navigating Aging Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 60 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. To contact Judith Graham with a question or comment, click here. Join the Navigating Aging Facebook […]

Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. How To Pay For ‘Medicare-For-All’ I would like to know why, in all of the stories about the notion of “Medicare-for-all” and its potential bankrupting costs (“Beyond Beltway’s ‘Medicare-For-All’ Talk, […]

This story also ran on The Daily Beast. This story can be republished for free (details). The Promise Of Youth, The Reality Of Aging One in an occasional series on how a rush for a ‘longevity’ pill has triggered hype, hope and investment More Stories Dr. Alan Green’s patients travel from around the country to […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). When Martha Powers and Larry Gomberg heard the news about Hurricane Florence bringing horrific winds and catastrophic flooding to Wilmington, N.C., they grimaced. Then, they felt relieved. “What if we had decided to build our retirement home there?” they […]

This story also ran on The Washington Post. This story can be republished for free (details). When Beverly Dunn called her new primary care doctor’s office last November to schedule an annual checkup, she assumed her Medicare coverage would pick up most of the tab. The appointment seemed like a routine physical, and she was […]

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