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"); document.writeln("AARP Foundation Legal Advocacy"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("AARP Foundation Litigation is one of the few national organizations that defends and supports the legal rights of older Americans across the United States—assuring that they have a voice in our judicial system."); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("Letter to Senators Baucus and Grassley"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("The Divided We Fail organizations share their common ground with Senators Baucus and Grassley."); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("Common Ground and Cost Containment"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("While we each have our own organizational priorities in health care reform, there is broad agreement among the four lead organizations in Divided We Fail on cost-containment."); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("AARP Bulletin Survey on Consumer Debt and Loans: Executive Summary"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("Levels of debt and consumers’ ability to take action to reduce financial obligations does not differ between those age 18-49 and those age 50+, although more older respondents to this national survey had retired their student loans than younger respondents. (3 pages)"); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("State Health Care Briefs 2009: Why Health Care Reform is Important"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("This set of State Health Care Briefs provides a one-page overview of facts on health care data for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia."); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current population Surveys, this series of annual AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheets by Ke Bin Wu has been reporting the income, poverty and health Insurance status of Americans of all ages since 1995."); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("A Medicare Buy-in Program In Brief"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("Medicare buy-in as part of health reform? The pros and cons of allowing older Americans to buy into Medicare before age 65 are reviewed in this brief synopsis of an AARP Public Policy Institute research report of the same name by Gerry Smolka and Sarah Thomas. (2 pages)"); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("A Medicare Buy-in Program"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("Medicare buy-in as part of health reform? The pros and cons of allowing older Americans to buy into Medicare before age 65 are reviewed in this AARP Public Policy Institute Insight on the Issues by Gerry Smolka and Sarah Thomas. (14 pages)"); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("Physician Payment Reform in Medicare In Brief"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("Ways to improve Medicare payments to physicians currently being tested, as well as lessons from abroad, are examined in this brief synopsis of the AARP Public Policy Institute research report, Physician Payment: Current System and Opportunities for Reform, written by Lynn Nonnemaker, Sarah Thomas, and Joyce Dubow. (2 pages)"); document.writeln("

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"); document.writeln("50+ Hispanic Workers: A Growing Segment of the U.S. Workforce"); document.writeln("

"); document.writeln("Older Hispanics participate in the labor force at relative high rates and are dependable and relatively healthy; nonetheless, many face substantial challenges in the workplace, working in physically demanding jobs and earning low wages and few benefits, according to this 2009 report. (77 pages)"); document.writeln("

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