Obama says his economic policies halted “bleeding”

We are pleased that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule that would withdraw provisions of what is known as the Medicaid average manufacturer price rule. The proposed rule calls for the withdrawal of existing provisions that…

Have you ever cooked with radicchio? Until recently I have only had it in salads. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with it, radicchio looks like a small head of red cabbage; you can usually find it in the produce section of your grocery…

We have added a travel page with travel news and stories for Senior Citizens. We have gotten out our camera, binoculars, and GPS Navigator for more trips ourselves. We like driving through rather than over. But however you get from one place to another, it’s great fun and bound to generate memories for years to [...]

You can check out our start at a new links page at http://elder-gateway.com/articles/links. We have started with some links to our sister web sites that sell Christmas Gifs and Christmas Toys. And, we have added some traditional links of interest to Senior Citizens and baby boomers.

This story is aggregated by Senior News Service (SNS) from Elder-Gateway. Excerpt of story: There are many who believe that the executive branch is not enforcing all the laws of the land. Specifically, many now believe that Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice (DOJ) are not doing all they could to enforce [...]

We have added a tag to some news stories, Squib “News”. What is Squib “News”? The word News is in quotes because it is not really news, but it masquerades as a news story. Some might call the story public relations. Some might go so far as to call it propaganda. We can understand if [...]

Another scam that seniors and baby boomers should be aware of and avoid is the so-called Grandparent Scam. In this scam, a elderly couple or grandparent receives a call supposedly from a grandchild, who is usually in another country, and in trouble. Wiring money will get the grandchild “out of trouble” but all that happens [...]

One scam that we keep seeing that traps some seniors and boomers is a scheme where you get a check or money order and are told to keep a commission and forward the rest to someone else. Inevitably, the paper is written on a foreign banks and takes weeks or months to bounce as fraudulent; [...]

Our Senior News Service has improved in two ways. First, we display an excerpt below the headline now so that you can get a better idea of what the story is about. Second, we now provide a link below the excerpt that will take you to the complete news article. Before, the only link was [...]

We review the news stories that we post on Elder-Gateway every morning. We have seen a troubling trend. We call it “flooding the news” because of numerous articles that are really the same news, varied by place and by time. The most notable example is about the government checks for $250 to some senior citizens [...]

Another story of interest to seniors today is from Sacramento, CA, about a Ponzi scheme, an illegal pyramid scheme, that targeted senior citizens. The story begins at Elderly Targeted In Long NorCal Ponzi Scheme.

One article stands out in today’s news that seniors and baby boomers should be interested in: An article that discusses details on how Medicare handles nursing home stays. Nursing homes may be an issue for seniors and their partners, or for boomers and their parents. There’s more to it than most believe and not as [...]

We have a news article today that should be of interest to seniors. If you are hospitalized and you are under Medicare, Medicare will pay for a defined number of days. If you need to stay longer, the hospital can discharge you before you are ready or begin charging you for their services once Medicare [...]

Elder-Gateway is of mixed feelings in adding a new top level category to our web site: Hacker Alerts. Unfortunately, along with scams and cons, hackers have begun to target senior citizens and baby boomers more and more as the recession and unemployment drag on. We believe that being aware of what threats you face and [...]

Whew! It has been busy here for the past weeks. We have finally gotten the core of our web site for senior citizens and baby boomers up and going. One area that should be of particular interest to you is our Scam and Cons page. I urge you to read about the scams and cons [...]

Today our webmaster announced that Elder-Gateway is now carrying a nice variety of news stories that relate to the issues and concerns of senior citizens and baby boomers. This comes as Elder-Gateway has migrated to a new, faster server, and we will be able to serve more articles and stories. One of interest to me, [...]

I have received several inquiries on the upcoming Death & Dying study group here in northern California, at Chico. This has been a busy time with lots of activity before the group meets. I have had several meetings on the study group and it looks very exciting. I believe you will be pleased with the [...]

There’s a group exploring Quaker approaches to death and dying soon. I will be attending and updating you after the event.

Today we launch our new web site, elder-gateway.com, dedicated to senior quality of life. We’ll use this section to highlight what we have added, or what has changed, so you can get a quick idea of what’s different from the last time you were here.