Monthly Archives: January 2018
GBO NEWS: The 1%’s Other Tax Escape; Will Paul Ryan Steal Your Security?; Coughlin’s “Longevity Economy”; Mexico’s Med Tourism (Forget the Wall), Villages, Elder Fraud; & MORE
Posted: January 11, 2018 at 1:00 am
GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS
E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations — Our 25th Year.
January 11, 2018 — Volume 18, Number 1
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In This Issue: Starting Our 25th Year – Very Stable; Still Working on the Genius Part.
1. FISCAL REFORM SCHOOL: *** “Who Is Finished Paying Their 2018 Social Security Taxes? Probably Not You,” by Teresa Ghilarducci, PhD, Huffington Post; *** “Paul Ryan Place the Nail in Trump’s Faux Populism,” by T.A. Frank, the Vanity Fair Hive;
“Trump’s HHS Nom Endorses Bill That Would Lead To Dramatic Medicaid Cuts.” by Alice Ollstein, Talking Points Memo; *** Newly Minted U.S. Senators Doug Jones, Alabama, and Tina Smith, Minnesota, have been assigned to the Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee; Jones also on Aging Committee.
2. THE BOOKMOBILE: *** Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from A Year Among the Oldest Old, by the New York Times’ John Leland, set for Jan. 23 Release; *** The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market, by Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD.
3. THE STORYBOARD:
*** TWO NPR SERIES — Ina Jaffe’s Four-Parter on the Senior Village Movement; *** “Abused and Betrayed,” Joseph Shapiro’s current series on the “epidemic” of sexual abuse against people with intellectual disabilities.
*** “Elder Fraud: Senior Swindles, Both by Relatives and Others, Are on the Rise,” by Gary Rotstein, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
*** Beth Baker’s three-part series on innovative intergenerational programs for PBS Next Avenue;
*** Kent Paterson’s Medical-Dental Tourism Series — “New Mexicans Trek South of the Border for Dental Care in Palomas” and “Will Juárez and Mexico Be an Escape Valve for the U.S. Health Care Crisis?” New Mexico Politics (NMPolitics.net);
*** “Filipino Caregivers Battle Lack of Sleep, Other Work Risks,” by Neil Gonzales, Philippine News.