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The AARP State Offices in Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Carolina commissioned telephone surveys to explore the views of their 18+ or 45+ residents on expanding the Medicaid program in each state. Key findings include: MORE FROM AARP Site-Based Payments in Outpatient Care: 10 FAQs on Why These Matter to Midlife Adults with Private Health Insurance This FAQ focuses on site-based payments for outpatient care under private insurance and examines how facility fees contribute to site-based payments, how they affect midlife adults, and what site-based payment reforms are currently in place and being considered by state and federal policymakers....

The interviews were conducted in English by Precision Opinion from October 11th to October 19th, 2012. For more information, contact Erin Pinkus at 202-434-6362.

Most feel comfortable using telehealth services.

A total of 800 interviews were completed. For more information, contact Joanne Binette at 202-434-6303.

Annotated Questionnaires For more information, yo contact Aisha Bonner Cozad atabonner@aarp.org.

This research is made available as part of AARP’s Project Catalyst initiative. This research and analysis has been conducted wholly by CEA. The results are presented here with permission of CEA. CEA also owns and produces the International CES - The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEAs industry services. It stimulates new business models that reflect the broad transformation in how the 50-plus life is being re-imagined....

But none hit the rich vein of humor and pathos mined so effectively here. But we’ve always suspected we were watching Sunday school versions of Honest Abe. What’s so funny about that? The stars are wildly appealing, and writer-director Linklater springs one glorious surprise after another. So why is he still so darned lovable? Only Goodman could pull it off.

AARP’s Oklahoma Office commissioned this transportation assessment for those aged 50+ in Pottawatomie County. The sample was drawn from Marketing Systems Group. For more information, just contact Aisha Bonner atabonner@aarp.org. Most older adults are not aware of them.

So you juststarted dating, or you’re about to post a profile for the second or umpteenth time. You haven’t yetmet your soul mateyet, but you still think dating is fun.Sometimes,that is. At other times the venture seems so mind-boggling you want to hang up your dating pumps for good. A few might be keepers, I thought; others (manyothers!) were clearly just plain wrong for me. Along the way, I started compiling the pros and cons of dating....

It calls for increasing access to affordable health care coverage and slowing the growth of health care costs.

Thats a reversal of findings from a survey conducted by Demos in 2008.

Read the full report.

This report documents the impact of rising health care costs for middle-class workers and retirees. That decision is now pending appeal.