http://www.mail.com/subjects/3034-seniors.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3034-seniors.html http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148376-rural-america-posts-first-ever-loss-population.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Living in a rural Nevada town, Moe Royels recalls a more bustling time years ago when retirees poured in to enjoy the warm desert climate, nearby casinos and quiet community. But soon boom turned to bust, and years after the recession ended, Royels still wonders if things will ever fully turn around in small towns like his. Across the U.... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:42:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2148376-rural-america-posts-first-ever-loss-population.html 2013-06-13T16:42:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147122-house-votes-to-limit-reverse-mortgage-initial-draw.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Housing Administration could limit the size of initial lump-sum payments that lenders offer reverse mortgage borrowers and require escrow accounts to cover taxes and insurance, under legislation the House passed Wednesday. The bill, passed on a voice vote, is intended to help the government mortgage insurance agency work its ... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:50:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2147122-house-votes-to-limit-reverse-mortgage-initial-draw.html 2013-06-12T19:50:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2141536-10-women-90s-escape-calif-limo-fire.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ten women — some of them in their 90s — escaped unharmed from a limousine that began smoking and caught fire in Northern California just more than a month after five nurses were killed while trapped inside a burning limousine on a nearby bridge. The women were celebrating one of their 90th birthdays and were in the vehicle outside the... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:20:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2141536-10-women-90s-escape-calif-limo-fire.html 2013-06-10T23:20:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2133526-kenyan-joy-britain-regrets-colonial-abuse.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The wrinkled faces of the elderly Kenyans who gathered in a downtown Nairobi hotel registered gratitude, relief and joy Thursday as Britain's high commissioner said what many waited decades to hear. Britain said it "sincerely regrets" the acts of torture a British colonial government carried out against Kenyans fighting for liberatio... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:57:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2133526-kenyan-joy-britain-regrets-colonial-abuse.html 2013-06-06T15:57:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2121386-respite-medicare-social-security-worse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicare's long-term health is starting to look a little better, the government said Friday, but both Social Security and Medicare are still wobbling toward insolvency within two decades if Congress and the president don't find a way to shore up the trust funds established to take care of older Americans. Medicare's giant fund for inpati... Fri, 31 May 2013 20:24:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2121386-respite-medicare-social-security-worse.html 2013-05-31T20:24:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2119582-social-security-medicare-face-big-challenge.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. recovery slowly gathers steam, federal deficits are finally coming down from their nosebleed $1-trillion-plus heights. That will postpone until fall a new budget showdown between Congress and the White House — and also will probably delay the days of reckoning, feared by millions of aging Americans, when Social Security and Medicare could become... Thu, 30 May 2013 20:07:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2119582-social-security-medicare-face-big-challenge.html 2013-05-30T20:07:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2103816-fda-panel-backs-experimental-merck-insomnia-drug.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel of medical experts said that an experimental insomnia drug from Merck & Co. Inc. appears safe and effective, despite evidence from company trials that the pill can cause daytime sleepiness and difficulty driving. A majority of Food and Drug Administration panelists voted Wednesday that Merck's sleeping aid, suvorexant, he... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:47:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2103816-fda-panel-backs-experimental-merck-insomnia-drug.html 2013-05-22T21:47:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2094070-pew-survey-questions-gen-x-baby-boomer-savings.html NEW YORK (AP) — A research report by the Pew Charitable Trusts says younger baby boomers and Generation Xers face an uncertain retirement because of reduced savings, high levels of debt, and losses during the Great Recession. The study found that members of Generation X, who are now between 38 and 47 years old, lost almost half their wealth between 2007 a... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:52:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2094070-pew-survey-questions-gen-x-baby-boomer-savings.html 2013-05-17T20:52:01Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2088176-retiring-boomers-driving-sales-small-businesses.html NEW YORK (AP) — Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to expand their own businesses through acquisitions. In the first three months of this year, the number of sales that closed jumped 56 percent from the same time in 2012, according t... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:02:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2088176-retiring-boomers-driving-sales-small-businesses.html 2013-05-15T19:02:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074394-gop-boycotts-health-care-advisory-board.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell in boycotting the Independ... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2074394-gop-boycotts-health-care-advisory-board.html 2013-05-09T19:30:05Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070924-stephen-hawking-backs-boycott-israeli-academics.html LONDON (AP) — British physicist Stephen Hawking has dropped plans to attend a major international conference in Israel in June, citing his belief that he should respect a Palestinian call to boycott contacts with Israeli academics. The University of Cambridge released a statement Wednesday indicating that Hawking had told the Israelis last week that he wo... Wed, 08 May 2013 22:19:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2070924-stephen-hawking-backs-boycott-israeli-academics.html 2013-05-08T22:19:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058692-us-suicide-rate-rose-sharply-middle-aged.html NEW YORK (AP) — The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, the government reported Thursday. The trend was most pronounced among white men and women in that age group. Their suicide rate jumped 40 percent between 1999 and 2010. But the rates in youn... Thu, 02 May 2013 21:11:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2058692-us-suicide-rate-rose-sharply-middle-aged.html 2013-05-02T21:11:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043386-dems-gop-talk-up-deficit-reduction.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For years, House Republicans have adamantly refused to raise income taxes, even though U.S. taxes are historically lo... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:13:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2043386-dems-gop-talk-up-deficit-reduction.html 2013-04-25T07:13:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html WASHINGTON (AP) — We're in denial: Americans underestimate their chances of needing long-term care as they get older — and are taking few steps to get ready. A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of aging and found two-thirds say they've done little to no planning. In fact, 3 in 10 would rathe... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:49:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040968-long-term-care-aging-us-me-poll.html 2013-04-24T17:49:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2030464-simpson-bowles-offer-modified-budget-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal deficits. The plan released Thursday by and former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles would lop more than $5... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:57:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2030464-simpson-bowles-offer-modified-budget-plan.html 2013-04-19T14:57:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017314-medicare-hike-hit-middle-class.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget would raise her Medicare premiums and those of other comfortably retired seniors, adding to a surcharge tha... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:59:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2017314-medicare-hike-hit-middle-class.html 2013-04-13T07:59:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees, the administration revealed Friday. First details of the plan emerged after Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testified to C... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:12:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2016202-apnewsbreak-upper-income-seniors-medicare-hike.html 2013-04-12T20:12:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010970-budget-cover-uninsured-trim-medicare-tax-cigs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the biggest health consequences of any new proposal in Obama's plan could come from nearly doubling the federal tob... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:22:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010970-budget-cover-uninsured-trim-medicare-tax-cigs.html 2013-04-10T22:22:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2010636-post-office-retreats-eliminating-saturday-mail.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The financially beleaguered Postal Service backpedaled on its plan to end Saturday mail delivery, conceding Wednesday that its gamble to compel congressional approval had failed. With limited options for saving money, the governing board said the agency should reopen negotiations with unions to lower labor costs and consider raising mail... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:45:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2010636-post-office-retreats-eliminating-saturday-mail.html 2013-04-10T21:45:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011560-obamas-budget-straddle.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's first budget of his new term is a political straddle, aimed at enticing Republicans into a new round of deficit negotiations while trying to keep faith with Democrats who favor higher taxes in service of more government spending. That gives everyone something to dislike if they are so inclined — and many in divid... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:16:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2011560-obamas-budget-straddle.html 2013-04-10T21:16:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009914-employers-eager-foreign-worker-program.html WASHINGTON (AP) — As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding or just plain unappealing. But employers that struggle to fill those jobs — washing dishes, cleaning hotels, caring for the elderly — could soon get help now that b... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:07:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2009914-employers-eager-foreign-worker-program.html 2013-04-10T14:07:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2005920-girl-door-annette-funicello-dies-70.html NEW YORK (AP) — She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls. Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, ruled among baby boomers, who tuned in every weekday afternoon to watch her on their flickering black-and-white television sets. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:16:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2005920-girl-door-annette-funicello-dies-70.html 2013-04-08T22:16:09Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2000154-obama-seeks-deal-proposes-cuts-to-social-security.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as reductions, loathed by liberals, in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs. The plan, if ever enacted, could touch almost all Americans. The rich would see tax increases, the... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:41:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2000154-obama-seeks-deal-proposes-cuts-to-social-security.html 2013-04-05T21:41:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2001318-obama-plan-hits-seniors-low-income-taxpayers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposal to change the way the government measures inflation could lead to fewer people qualifying for college grants and anti-poverty programs, reduced benefits for seniors and veterans, and higher taxes for low-income families. If adopted across the government, the new inflation measure would have far-reaching ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:28:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2001318-obama-plan-hits-seniors-low-income-taxpayers.html 2013-04-05T21:28:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html BALTIMORE (AP) — Antonio Hammond is the $18,000 man. He's a success story for Catholic Charities of Baltimore, one of a multitude of organizations trying to haul people out of poverty in this Maryland port city where one of four residents is considered poor by U.S. government standards. Hammond says he ended up in Baltimore three years... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:34:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1991952-help-shrinks-poverty-spikes-us.html 2013-04-02T06:34:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1968568-sheriff-proposes-ankle-monitors-seniors.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A northern Utah sheriff's office is floating a unique and unproven idea for keeping seniors with Alzheimer's disease and dementia safe: Give them ankle monitors normally used on criminals on house arrest or parole. Davis County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Fielding says the monitors would allow deputies to quickly find a person who has wande... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:40:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1968568-sheriff-proposes-ankle-monitors-seniors.html 2013-03-20T21:40:18Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1963940-report-1-3-seniors-dies-with-of-dementia.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A staggering 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says a new report that highlights the impact the mind-destroying disease is having on the rapidly aging population. Dying with Alzheimer's is not the same as dying from it. But even when dementia isn't the direct cause of death, it can be the final blow... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:08:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1963940-report-1-3-seniors-dies-with-of-dementia.html 2013-03-19T04:08:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's inception more than four decades ago. The president hedged, according to several at the event, recalling the di... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 08:07:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1959180-charm-offensive-produces-breakthroughs.html 2013-03-16T08:07:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1946182-heart-lung-machines-prove-safe-elderly.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the scariest parts of bypass surgery — having your heart stopped and going on a heart-lung machine while doctors fix your clogged arteries — is safe even in the elderly and doesn't cause mental decline as many people have feared, two landmark studies show. Bypass surgery is one of the most common operations in the world. There ... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:01:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1946182-heart-lung-machines-prove-safe-elderly.html 2013-03-11T16:01:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934888-house-votes-to-prevent-march-27-federal-shutdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed legislation through the House on Wednesday to prevent a government shutdown this month while easing the short-term impact of $85 billion in spending cuts — at the same time previewing a longer-term plan to erase federal deficits without raising taxes. President Barack Obama pursued a different path as the GOP asserted ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:05:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934888-house-votes-to-prevent-march-27-federal-shutdown.html 2013-03-07T03:05:24Z