Vox: The problem of medical debt, and the wonky fight behind Bernie Sanders’s plan to eliminate it, explained
Bernie Sanders has a big new health care promise: eliminating $81 billion in medical debt.
ASA: California’s Master Plan for Aging: Putting the Golden State’s Aging Population Front and Center
On June 10, 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-14-19, calling for a California Master Plan for Aging (Master Plan). In his Executive Order, Newsom outlines the broad framework for a Master Plan process, including state-level input, stakeholder engagement and a firm deadline of October 1, 2020, for completion.
San Diego Magazine: Are We Taking Care of Our Seniors?
As of 2015, San Diego County was home to about 375,000 seniors, defined as people 65 or older. By 2030—just 12 years away—that number will double to 724,000. Currently, less than four percent of charitable dollars go toward senior issues. “A tsunami is coming, and we are not prepared,” says Bob Kelly, president and CEO of San Diego Seniors Community Foundation, which he formed last year.
The Escondido Grapevine: Seniors community foundation packs a punch
Posted By: dweisman September 1, 2019 A new, well-funded and ultra-connected non-profit called San Diego Seniors Community Foundation entered the local arena with a splashy new “senior center assessment,” finding “San Diego’s senior population is rising, but the community is not ready for change.” The 11-page report got a lot of play in the media following its… Read more »
The Hill: Sanders previews plan to cancel all past-due medical debt
August 31, 2019 BY TAL AXELROD White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday previewed his upcoming plan to cancel all past-due medical debt. Sanders, who will unveil the plan in full next month, has made the country’s health care costs a focal point of his progressive policy proposals. Sanders’s plan would cancel $81 billion in existing past-due… Read more »
Encinitas Advocate: Encinitas resident appointed to advisory stakeholder group on aging
Encinitas resident Shelley Lyford was appointed to a 34-member Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Advisory Committee, which will develop a plan for quality-of-life issues that will face the state’s growing elderly population.
The Boston Globe: Reining in the spending on drugs: What Mass. can learn from other states
Maryland and Maine are setting up boards to evaluate which drugs may be unaffordably priced. Several other states are demanding more transparency from drug companies, and still others are trying to save money by importing drugs from Canada.
Hackensack Meridian Health: Hackensack University Medical Center Emergency & Trauma Center Receives Level 1 Accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) Program
The Emergency Department at Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center recently received Level 1 accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation (GEDA) program.
San Diego Seniors Community Foundation: Press Release: SDSCF Announces Results of Inaugural San Diego Senior Centers Assessment
Report identifies challenges and opportunities to improve San Diego senior centers to serve a modern generation of dynamic older adults and focus on their total well-being
AAFP News: Video Visits Tested in Homebound Geriatric Patients
Researchers’ Top Finding: Technology is ‘Not Yet Ready for Prime Time’
