Public Policy & Aging E-Newsletter

Volume 7, Number 1, January 2013

This bimonthly e-newsletter highlights key developments and viewpoints in the field of aging policy from a wide variety of sources, including articles and reports circulating in the media, academy, think tanks, private sector, government and nonprofit organizations.

The goal of this email publication is to reach teachers, students, and citizens interested in aging-related issues, especially those who may not have sufficient access to policy information disseminated both in Washington and around the country.

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I. THIS ISSUE'S MAJOR POLICY STORY: THE MACROECONOMIC IMPACT OF POPULATION AGING

• Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
  
• The 2012 Ageing Report
  
• Population Aging and the U.S. Economy
  

II. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON?

• Fiscal Cliff Deal: What It Means for Seniors
  
• Medicare: “Top Ten Myths of Medicare”
  
• Long-Term Care Commission to Address Workforce Issues
  

III. WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY?

• Middle Class Security Project
  
• Who Pays for Long-Term Care in the U.S.?
  
• Changing Sources of Income among the Aged Population
  

IV. WHAT'S HAPPENING ABROAD?

• Aging in the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration and a Challenge
  
• Global AgeWatch Country Report Cards
  
• Policy Brief on Senior Entrepreneurship
  

V. WORTH NOTING

• Older Americans 2012: Key Indicators of Well-Being
  
• Aging Today: Working Longer, Retiring Later
  
• AARP Workforce Profiles
  

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Newsletter Editor: Greg O'Neill, National Academy on an Aging Society

Public Policy and Aging E-Newsletter is a bimonthly publication of the National Academy on an Aging Society, the policy institute of The Gerontological Society of America. Statements of fact and opinion in this newsletter’s resources are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the National Academy on an Aging Society or The Gerontological Society of America.

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