U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

For some retirees, life settlements can sound pretty tempting. If you're a 75-year-old man with $1 million in life insurance, you might get $250,000 now from a life settlement, and the investors who buy your policy would get $1 million ...

The Target-Date debate heads to Capitol Hill tomorrow, as the Senate Special Committee on Aging holds hearings on conflicts-of-interest in target-date vehicles. In addition, Senator Herb Kohl of (the great state of) Wisconsin has just released a Government Accountability Office study of ...

Government can better target poorly performing nursing homes in need of extra scrutinyA government program that brings extra scrutiny to poorly performing nursing homes leaves out hundreds of troubled facilities, investigators report.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services identifies up to ...

As part of their responsibility for the oversight of any program or industry affecting seniors, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has requested that the ACCME provide information on " the accreditation process for CME courses; any criteria the ACCME uses ...

Federal Lawmakers Urge More Consumer Awareness Needed for Digital Television TransitionThe government so far has done a poor job of educating the public about a 2009 nationwide switch to digital television that could unwittingly leave millions of viewers without programming they currently ...

A Senate panel is bringing to light practices that prey on seniors to drain their retirement savings, including "free lunch" investment seminars aimed at retirees.A hearing Wednesday by the Senate Special Committee on Aging highlighted the conduct of so-called senior financial ...

Senate Panel Examines 'Free Lunch' Seminars and Other Practices Preying on SeniorsA Senate panel is bringing to light practices that prey on seniors to drain their retirement savings, including "free lunch" investment seminars aimed at retirees.A hearing Wednesday by the Senate ...

Better Background Checks Paid Dividends for Elderly, Senate Committee ReportsAbout 5,000 applicants for jobs caring for the elderly have been rejected after background checks disclosed criminal records or a history of abusing patients.The results, compiled by the Senate Aging Committee ...

About 5,000 applicants for jobs caring for the elderly have been rejected after background checks disclosed criminal records or a history of abusing patients.The results, compiled by the Senate Aging Committee, represent lawmakers' first efforts at evaluating a pilot program ...

Topic: U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Selling Your Life Insurance: The Trade-offs

The Target-Date Debate Heads to Capitol Hill

Federal program misses problem nursing homes

ACCME Receives Request for Information from U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

Digital TV switch needs more awareness

Senate panel examines 'free lunch' seminars and other practices preying on seniors

Seniors targeted for investment fraud

Background checks help protect elderly

Better background checks paid dividends for elderly, committee reports

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