BETHESDA, Md. - AARP is out with its aarp.org. top 50 list of the best employers for workers age 50 and older - and the winner is right here in Maryland. The National Institutes of Health, based in Bethesda, takes top prize for its efforts to retain, retrain and engage older workers. AARP Maryland ...Read More

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that drug companies can be sued by federal regulators for antitrust violations if they make deals with generic drug manufacturers to keep a less-expensive generic version off the market when a patent expires. According to Leigh Purvis, co-author of ...Read More

SALT LAKE CITY - It isn't a prescription to cure high drug prices - but it may be a start. The U.S. Supreme Court has just given the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the authority to challenge deals between drug-makers to keep generic drugs off the market for certain time periods. Such arrangements al ...Read More

BALTIMORE - We hear a lot about Internet and phone scams targeting seniors, but they are also being victimized by members of their own families who are stealing money or running up debts, according to AARP. The group is working with state agencies and other advocacy groups this month to raise awaren ...Read More

CONCORD, N.H. – It has been a case of political hot potato, and next week, New Hampshire lawmakers enter crunch time when it comes to deciding the fate of Medicaid expansion in the Granite State. Tess Kuenning, executive director, Bi-State Primary Care Association, is rooting for including M ...Read More

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – AARP officials from around the country were in Washington this week, meeting with congressional members to talk about possible changes to Social Security and Medicare. Dennis Eisnach, volunteer president of AARP South Dakota, says his organization surveyed its members and ...Read More

BEMIDJI, Minn. - A major new initiative from the American Heart Association aims to save lives in Minnesota by improving and streamlining heart attack care in the state. According to Mindy Cook, director of Mission Lifeline, the project will ensure that all ambulances have the proper equipment to a ...Read More

HARTFORD, Conn. - Members of the Connecticut congressional delegation will get an earful today from local senior advocates about Social Security and the so-called "chained CPI" plan that would change the way benefit increases are calculated. AARP Connecticut state president Laura Green, who has joi ...Read More