Aging Today, ASA's bimonthly newspaper, covers developments in public policy, research, practice, media and programming in the field of aging. A four-page pullout section, "In Focus," is devoted to in-depth coverage of a single topic.

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Wilbur J. Cohen, one of the architects of Social Security and Medicare, is famously quoted in the field of aging for his quip that poverty programs make poor programs. Yet, Medicaid -- which is means-tested, unlike its universally available entitlement sibling programs -- has transformed into something more than protection for the impoverished. Full Story

WINNING PROGRAMS AID HOMELESS ELDERS, EASE END OF LIFE This new communal kitchen was built and furnished at the Bishop Street residence, one of five homes operated by Boston's Committee to End Elder Homelessness.

Front Page

• Studies on Redefining Retirement:
  Work? Once More With Meaning
• CDC Aims to Prevent Heart Disease From Midlife Onward

Forum

• Accounting for What Matters: Are More Elders the Problem?

Inside Aging Today

• Commonwealth Fund Study:
  U.S. Health Costs Erode Care
• 70 Million Hearts
• Access and Medicare Law
• ASA Media Awards Go to WSJ, Plain Dealer
• CNA Training Wins HR Award
• Vision Kit
• Winning Programs Aid Homeless Elders, Ease End of Life

In Focus : THE MEDICAID CONUNDRUM: CONTROLLING COST VS. EXTENDING CARE

• A Poverty Program for All
• Middle-Class Transfers a Myth
  Do Older Americans Hide Assets to Qualify for Medicaid?
• Making Medicaid Work
• Medicaid Facts Online
• Study: Public Backs Medicaid
• The 10% Solution for Medicaid
• The Medicaid Conundrum: Controlling Cost vs. Extending Care
• The Medicaid Savings Illusion

The Aging Spirit

• Game, Videos Can Enhance Lives of Elders With Dementia

Creative Currents

• Film Explores Elders' Life-End Issues Through Father's Suicide

ASA Update

• Making a Difference: ASA's Direct Outreach to Elders