Medicaid: A Last Resort for People Needing Long-Term Services and Supports

Medicaid is the nations largest publicly funded health and LTSS insurance program for people with low incomes. For these individuals, Medicaid becomes a program of last resort. That decision is now pending appeal. It assessed familiarity, satisfaction, and plan switching. ![The mid adult female doctor and her senior adult male patient discuss the home healthcare options listed in the brochure.](https://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarpe/en/home/pri/topics/health/coverage-access/medicaid-a-last-resort-for-people-needing-long-term-services-and-supports/_jcr_content/root/container_main/container_body_main/container_body1/container_body_cf/container_additional_1/container_2123475527/featuredlist/tabItem/eliminating-access-no-cost-preventive-health-services-affect-older-adults3.coreimg.75.932.jpeg/content/dam/aarp/ppi/topics/health/coverage-access/no-cost preventive-health-services-report.jpg)

July 29, 2016 · 1 min · 61 words · Albert Villanueva

Spotlight on the Impact of the American Health Care Act on Total Medicaid Spending in Eight States

Specifically, the bill repeals the Medicaid expansion and implements acapped financing modelfor states. That decision is now pending appeal. ![The mid adult female doctor and her senior adult male patient discuss the home healthcare options listed in the brochure.](https://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarpe/en/home/pri/topics/health/coverage-access/spotlight-on-the-impact-of-the-senate-better-care-reconciliation-act-on-total-medicaid-spending/_jcr_content/root/container_main/container_body_main/container_body1/container_body_cf/container_additional_1/container_2123475527/featuredlist_1807528014/tabItem/eliminating-access-no-cost-preventive-health-services-affect-older-adults4.coreimg.75.932.jpeg/content/dam/aarp/ppi/topics/health/coverage-access/no-cost preventive-health-services-report.jpg)

July 29, 2016 · 1 min · 40 words · William Owens

The Basics: Medicaid and Long-Term Services and Supports

That decision is now pending appeal. ![The mid adult female doctor and her senior adult male patient discuss the home healthcare options listed in the brochure.](https://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarpe/en/home/pri/topics/health/coverage-access/The-basics-medicaid-and-long-term-services-and-supports/_jcr_content/root/container_main/container_body_main/container_body1/container_body_cf/container_additional_1/container_2123475527/featuredlist/tabItem/eliminating-access-no-cost-preventive-health-services-affect-older-adults5.coreimg.75.932.jpeg/content/dam/aarp/ppi/topics/health/coverage-access/no-cost preventive-health-services-report.jpg)

July 29, 2016 · 1 min · 27 words · Shannon Turner

Under the Health Reform Bill, People with Preexisting Health Conditions Would Face Unaffordable Premiums in State High-Risk Pools

Nationally, annual premiums in high-risk pools could average at least $25,000. That decision is now pending appeal. It assessed familiarity, satisfaction, and plan switching. ![The mid adult female doctor and her senior adult male patient discuss the home healthcare options listed in the brochure.](https://cdn.aarp.net/content/dam/aarpe/en/home/pri/topics/health/coverage-access/under-the-health-reform-bill-people-with-preexisting-health-conditions-would-face-unaffordable-premiums-in-state-high-risk-pools/_jcr_content/root/container_main/container_body_main/container_body1/container_body_cf/container_additional_1/container_2123475527/featuredlist/tabItem/eliminating-access-no-cost-preventive-health-services-affect-older-adults3.coreimg.75.932.jpeg/content/dam/aarp/ppi/topics/health/coverage-access/no-cost preventive-health-services-report.jpg)

July 29, 2016 · 1 min · 45 words · Dustin Nichols

Surviving the '80s

QUICK: THINK 80S! WHAT DO YOU SEE?A blur of regrettable haircuts? That synth-pop song you hate yourself for humming? A supercut of shoulder pads, boxy hatchbacks and trickle-down economics? Its hard to know how to feel about this change-filled decade. Sometimes is seems long agoa distant world dominated by three TV channels and something called the Soviet Union. So asked some survivors to reflect on the high and low-lights of an oft-maligned era....

July 26, 2016 · 3 min · 549 words · Marco Long

2016 Survey on Physical Activity

This study also sought to understand the barriers to exercise and the relationship between exercise and brain health. Additional interviews were conducted among African American/Black, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian adults age 40+. The data was weighted to reflect Current Population Survey and American Community Survey benchmarks. For more information, contact Chuck Rainville atGRainville@aarp.orgor (202) 434-6295. For media inquiries, contact Greg Phillips atGPhillips@aarp.orgor (202) 434-2544. Adults 65-plus are at greatest risk.

July 21, 2016 · 1 min · 69 words · Anthony Hatfield

Los años 60

Pero tambien fue una decada de musica psicodelica, drogas yrevolucion sexual. Paz y amor fue el eslogan irrebatible de un movimiento contracultural que nacio en EE.UU. y se expandio por el mundo. La liberacion femenina sacude el mundo En 1960, la mujer estaba limitada en muchos aspectos. Para la mayoria, su destino era casarse joven, ser esposa y madre. Las que trabajaban solian desempenarse como profesoras, enfermeras o secretarias. Seis meses despues, el caudillo fue asesinado....

July 21, 2016 · 1 min · 148 words · Kyle Richardson

Los años 50

Cada decada de nuestra historia ha marcado a la humanidad. En Estados Unidos se manifesto de manera radical; enAmerica Latinarepresento las bases de distintos movimientos. Aqui algunos de los principales acontecimientos de los anos 50. Como han tocado tu vida? La derrota provoco depresion y suicidios. Membresia de AARP: $15 por tu primer ano cuando te inscribes en la renovacion automatica. Es la monarca britanica mas longeva de la historia.

July 20, 2016 · 1 min · 70 words · Gabriel Michael

Cyndi Lauper: Still Having Fun

We table sitters value comfort, privacy, predictability. Bar sitters happily sacrifice those things for the chance encounters, the unpredictability, the fun. Can you guess which kind of person Cyndi Lauper is? “Let’s sit at the bar!” she shouts as she barrels through the crowd at a favorite French restaurant on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. People stop and stare, and a few cellphones capture the unmistakable tiny woman in black and pink....

July 19, 2016 · 2 min · 256 words · Karen Mccoy

Encuesta del 2016 sobre la actividad física

Se realizaron entrevistas adicionales con adultos afroamericanos/negros, hispanos/latinos y asiaticos, de 40 anos o mas. Para obtener mas informacion, comunicate con Chuck Rainville enGRainville@aarp.org. Las preguntas de los medios deben dirigirse a Greg Phillips enGPhillips@aarp.org. Adults 65-plus are at greatest risk.

July 19, 2016 · 1 min · 41 words · Andrew Lyons

Few Hip Fracture Patients Receive Osteoporosis Care

In fact, only one in five (21%) say they meditate weekly or more often.

July 18, 2016 · 1 min · 14 words · Warren Monroe

10 razones para incluir quinoa en tu dieta

Alimento completo Desde hace mas de 5,000 anos los pueblos incas en los Andes la cultivan. Es un buen alimento para ninos, adultos mayores, deportistas, diabeticos y celiacos. Valor nutricional La quinoa posee 9 aminoacidos esenciales, lo que la convierte en una proteina completa. Quema grasa Una taza de quinoa tiene 8 gramos de proteina y 5 gramos de fibra. Los alimentos altos en fibra se procesan mas lentamente, manteniendolo satisfecho y con energia por mas tiempo....

July 14, 2016 · 1 min · 128 words · Vanessa Taylor

¿Deseas perder unas cuantas libras lo antes posible?

Comienza por dormir Dormir te da mas energia para quemar mas calorias durante el dia. Alimentate con mas frecuencia Te criaste con tres comidas diarias pero es hora de olvidarse de eso. Consumir porciones mas pequenas, mas frecuentemente te ayuda a perder peso. Te sentiras mas lleno durante el dia y seras menos propenso a comer de mas por hambre. El cerebro necesita aproximadamente 20 minutos para darse cuenta de que te sientes lleno....

July 14, 2016 · 1 min · 157 words · Angela Ryan