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POLITICS

Dec 2011	Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA Issues Included in House Bill Addressing End-of-Session Priorities
Dec 2011	Congress Focuses on End-of-Session Legislative Priorities
Nov 2011	Super Committee Approaches Deadline; Congress Takes Action to Prevent Government Shutdown
Nov 2011	CBO Says CLASS Repeal Would Have No Budgetary Impact
Nov 2011	Senate Defeats Drug Importation Amendment
Nov 2011	Committees Address Health Issues While Deficit Talks Face Deadline
Nov 2011	Deadlines Approach for Deficit Reduction Negotiators and Appropriators
Oct 2011	Deadline Approaches as Deficit Reduction Talks Continue
Oct 2011	Senate Defeats Drug Importation Amendment
Oct 2011	Deficit Reduction Talks and Appropriations Process Move on Parallel Tracks
Sep 2011	Agreement Not Yet Reached on Temporary Appropriations for FY 2012
Sep 2011	Congress Faces Heavy Agenda Following Summer Recess
Aug 2011	Chairs of Deficit Reduction Committee Prepare for Deliberations
Aug 2011	Attention Shifts to Joint Committee Following Enactment of Budget Bill
Jul 2011	Budget Negotiations Intensify in Preparation for Sunday Meeting
Jul 2011	Considerable Uncertainty About Budget Endgame
Jun 2011	Budget Talks in "Abeyance" as Negotiators Await High-Level Guidance
Jun 2011	Biden Group Works Toward Deal on Deficit Reduction and Debt Limit
Jun 2011	Pressure Builds for Progress in Budget Talks
Jun 2011	Debt Limit and Deficit Reduction Remain At Top of Congressional Agenda
May 2011	Chairman Conrad Delays Budget Markup as Negotiations Continue
May 2011	House Committee Approves Medical Liability Reform Bill
Apr 2011	Budget Issues High on Agenda As Congress Prepares to Reconvene
Apr 2011	Congress Begins Recess Following House Passage of Budget Resolution
Apr 2011	Government Funding Expires at Midnight; Federal Agencies Prepare for Possibility of Partial Shutdown
Apr 2011	Budget Debates Enter Crucial Phase as April 8 Deadline Looms
Mar 2011	Congress Enters Recess With FY 2011 Appropriations Debate Still Unresolved
Mar 2011	Budget Debates Enter Crucial Phase as April 8 Deadline Looms
Mar 2011	Two-Week Funding Extension Enacted as Negotiations Continue on FY 2011 Appropriations
Feb 2011	Lawmakers Face March 4 Deadline as Appropriations Debate Resumes
Feb 2011	House Approves Amendments Aimed at Halting ACA Implementation
Feb 2011	Budget Issues on Legislative Agenda for Next Week
Feb 2011	Senate Defeats Repeal Amendment
Jan 2011	Senate Hearing Focuses on Health Insurance Reforms
Jan 2011	House Approves Repeal Bill and Resolution Calling for Alternative Health Reforms
Jan 2011	House Set to Resume Legislative Business Next Week; Repeal Vote Is First Item on Agenda
Jan 2011	Tax Package and Appropriations Bill Await Final Action as Congress Prepares for Adjournment
Dec 2010	Congress Eyes Finish Line for 2010 Legislative Session
Dec 2010	Tax Package and Appropriations Bill Await Final Action as Congress Prepares for Adjournment
Dec 2010	Fiscal Commission Report Supported by Majority of Members, But Falls Short of 14-Vote Threshold
Nov 2010	Legislative Agenda Still Uncertain for First Week of Lame Duck Session
Nov 2010	President Obama and Republican Leaders Address Health Reform in Post-Election Comments
Oct 2010	Congress Recesses, Putting Off Unfinished Business Until After Election
Sep 2010	Congress Eyes Early Recess as Mid-Term Elections Draw Closer
Sep 2010	Congress Reconvenes, But Pressure Builds for Early Start to Next Recess
Aug 2010	Summer Recess is Underway for Both Chambers, But House Will Return to Finalize Medicaid FMAP Bill
Jul 2010	Congressional Leaders Eye Next Round of Legislative Priorities Following Key Bill Signings
Jul 2010	Congress Returns From Recess to Address Wide-Ranging Legislative Agenda
Jul 2010	Congress Enters Recess With Heavy Load of Unfinished Business
Jun 2010	Senate Adopts Six-Month Medicare Physician Payment "Fix"
May 2010	Congress Recesses Without Finalizing Extenders Package
May 2010	Congress Prepares for Busy Week As Recess Approaches
May 2010	Discussions Intensify on Extenders Package; Other Health Issues Still Simmering
Apr 2010	Bipartisan Fiscal Commission Holds First Meeting
Apr 2010	AHIP Testifies at Senate Hearing on Affordability of Health Insurance
Apr 2010	Congress Set to Resume Legislative Business Following Recess
Mar 2010	Congress Completes Legislative Action on Health Reform
Mar 2010	House Poised to Cast Crucial Health Reform Vote on Sunday
Mar 2010	Congress Focused on Passing Health Reform Before Easter Recess
Feb 2010	President and Lawmakers Debate Health Reform at Bipartisan Summit
Feb 2010	White House Issues Official Invitation for Health Reform Summit
Feb 2010	Heavy Snow Gives Congress An Early Start on February Recess
Feb 2010	President and Democrats Emphasize Commitment to Comprehensive Health Reform
Jan 2010	President Obama Calls for Health Insurance Reform to Ease Burden on Middle Class
Jan 2010	Health Reform Remains High Priority, With Uncertain Direction, Following Massachusetts Election
Jan 2010	Negotiations Intensify as Pressure Builds for Final Health Reform Bill
Jan 2010	Congress Poised to Enter Final Crucial Stage of Health Reform Debate
Dec 2009	Weekend Session Looms As Senate Proposes Crucial Votes on Health Reform Bill
Dec 2009	Senate Health Reform Debate Awaits CBO Score and Manager's Amendment
Dec 2009	Senate Begins Debating and Voting on Amendments to Health Reform Bill
Nov 2009	Senate Poised to Begin Health Reform Debate/House Approves Health Reform Bill By Narrow Margin
Oct 2009	House Poised to Debate Health Reform Bill Following Introduction of H.R. 3962
Oct 2009	Discussions Continue on Merging of Health Reform Bills
Oct 2009	Senate Finance Committee Approves "America's Healthy Future Act"
Oct 2009	Senate and House Prepare for Floor Debates on Health Reform
Oct 2009	Seniors Worry As Medicare Advantage Is Threatened
Sep 2009	Senate Finance Committee Begins Health Reform Markup
Sep 2009	Social Security Likely to Go Into Red Next Year
Sep 2009	Disruptions Drown Out Debate at Health Care Meetings
Aug 2009	The Partnership to Protect Medigap
Aug 2009	August Recess Is Fully Underway As Senate Finishes Legislative Business
Jul 2009	Seniors Worry As Medicare Advantage Is Threatened

FINANCIAL

Mar 2009	The Oldest and Youngest Baby Boomers Have Different Retirement Plans
Nov 2008	3 Reasons Baby Boomers Are the Richest Generation in History

HEALTH & SAFETY

Jul 2009	Little Savings Seen from Medicare Panel
Mar 2009	10 Things You Should Know About Alzheimer's Disease
Jan 2009	Common Eye Problems Include Macular Degeneration and Cataracts
Jan 2009	Aging Skin Doesn't Have to Be Wrinkled
Feb 2009	5 Common Myths About Aging
Jan 2009	12 Health Risks of Aging That Baby Boomers Can Avoid
Feb 2009	Baby boomer doctors unretire to help others

LIFESTYLE

Jul 2009	Going Away? Secure Your Home with a Neighborhood Watch
May 2009	Tips for New Boomer Grandparents
Mar 2009	Baby Boomers Challenge Notion of Retirement
Jan 2009	With Obama, many say bye-bye to boomers
Jul 2007	Age appropriate: Fashion tips for baby boomers