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The Begining of an Alzheimer’s Epidimic?

With the ballooning older adult segment of the U.S. and of global population, we are just at the beginning of the Alzheimer's epidemic. It’s an epidemic that is as huge for its health and social impact as it is for its fiscal consequences, which will explode beyond the $604 billion or 1 percent of global GDP now in play states the Fiscal Times. This may explain the mention by Dr. Margaret Chan in her forward for the new book launched at Davos last month, Global Population Aging: Peril or Promise. She says of Alzheimer’s: “If we do not adapt, [population aging]…

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President Barack Obama proposes holding Medicare cost growth down by strengthening the Independent Payment Advisory Board and making Medicaid more flexible without using block grants.

If you (like most of us) were counting on Medicare to provide for your health care needs in retirement, it seems you may be standing on shaky ground. Medicare’s sustainability has been questioned for some time, and as the country turns toward the business of debt reduction Medicare cuts seem inevitable. The future of Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the source, quality, and type of care that seniors receive is in the hands of politicians now, so you may want to keep a weather eye on Capitol Hill. I’ve previously directed your attention to the House Republican plan for…

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