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Years before Medicare can be tough to find insurance (Everett


Years before Medicare can be tough to find insurance (Everett Herald)
Kent Odell exercises six times a week and eats healthy foods. He is a lean 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds and says he has no known medical conditions. His blood pressure is low, and his cholesterol clocks in well below the recommended level.

AARP: Brand name drug prices soar (Ahwatukee Foothills News)
According to a report released by the American Association of Retired Persons, pharmaceutical companies have substantially raised prices on 220 brand name prescription drugs most commonly used by people in Medicare Part D since implementation of the drug benefit in 2006.

AARP and NCOA Launch Online Tool to Help Older Americans Access Economic Stimulus Payments (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Applying for economic stimulus payments will now be easier for more than 20 million Americans who normally dont have to file a tax return thanks to the development of a new, user-friendly online tool developed jointly by AARP Tax-Aide and the National Council on Agings (NCOAs) BenefitsCheckUp(R).

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