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GBO NEWS: Medicare, Medicaid & Trump; U.S. Longevity Drops; Old, Black and “Invisible in New York” Series; & MORE

Posted: December 28, 2016 at 1:00 am

GENERATIONS BEAT ONLINE NEWS

E-News of the Journalists Network on Generations

December 28, 2016 — Volume 16, Number 18

Editor’s Note: GBO News, e-news of the Journalists Network on Generation publishes alerts for journalists, producers and authors covering generational issues. Send your news of important stories or books (by you and others), fellowships, awards or pertinent kvetches to GBO News Editor Paul Kleyman. You can subscribe to GBONews.org at no charge simply by sending a request to Paul with your name, address, phone number and editorial affiliation or note that you freelance. You’ll receive the table of contents as e-mail, just click through to the full issue at www.gbonews.org.

In This Issue: Out with the Oy! And In with the Vey!

1. ELDERCARE REFORM SCHOOL: *** “Medicare: What Obamacare Repeal Would Bring, Report by Kaiser Family Foundation”; *** “The Quiet War on Medicaid” by former Democratic presidential advisor and past director of the National Economic Council, Gene B. Sperling; *** “Mortality in the United States, 2015”—With Drop in Longevity, National Center for Health Statistics.

2. GEN BEATLES NEWS: ***Matt Perry’s New “Aging With Dignity” newsletter, California Health Report; ***Jay Newton-Small Profiled in Washington Post on Leaving Journalism to Co-found Memory Well; ***Colin Milner’s 15th Anniversary of the International Council on Active Aging and its Journal of Active Aging.

3. GOOD SOURCES: *** After Obamacare: The Future of U.S. Health Care,” free webinar by USC’s Center for Health Journalism, Jan. 24; *** “Dignity For All: Ensuring Economic Security as America Ages,” Justice in Aging Conference, Posts Session Videos on—What Now?

4. THE STORYBOARD: *** Gregg Morris’ Five-Part “INVISIBLE IN NEW YORK” Series now appearing weekly in the Amsterdam News (historic African American news outlet);  *** “A Poor Christmas for Latino Elders on LA Streets,” La Opinión,  by Francisco Castro, (In Spanish:  “Una pobre Navidad para los más olvidados de ‘La La Land,’”);  *** “The Challenges of Safely Aging in Place in Rural America,” U.S. News & World Report,  by Michael O. Schroeder; *** “Childhood Trauma Effects Often Persist Into 50s and Beyond,” PBS Next Avenue, by Emily Gurnon; *** “Blues Icon Highlights Meeting’s New Lens on Black Aging Research,” Florida Courier, by Penny Dickerson;  *** “Aging Boomers to Depend on a Little Help From Their Friends, Extended Kin,” Deseret News, by Lois Collins, *** “Aging in Trump’s America is Something to Fear, Health-Care Experts Warn,” Ottawa Citizen. by Elizabeth Payne.

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