The Interview: Hank Greenberg, AARP Maryland state director
Maryland, like the rest of the country, is aging.

Plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income retirees would affect middle class as well
WASHINGTON Republicans may have found a way to squeeze more money out of well-to-do Americans without raising their taxes. A year-end economic package approved by the House on Tuesday prescribes a Medicare premium increase for high-income beneficiaries. Although the bill faces a veto threat from the White House, that specific provision may turn out to have staying power. Read full article >>

Medicare HMO plan stirs confusion in north state
Some north state doctors want to know why their names show up as network providers for a Medicare Advantage HMO plan being marketed by AARP.

AARP president -- Protect and strengthen SS, Medicare
BY CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK WEST HAWAII TODAY clucas-zenk@westhawaiitoday.com A big bullet was dodged with the supercommittee's recent failure to reach an agreement on debt reduction, but the public should remain vigilant in "protecting and strengthening" Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, AARP National President Lee Hammond said Wednesday. These programs are still "prime targets of many in ...