Wednesday, December 5, 2012

ASCOG Aging Advocate December 5, 2012


Happy Wednesday!  Only two more days to change your Medicare plan!

On this date in 1945, a training flight of bombers called Flight 19 disappeared east of Ft. Lauderdale.  What is the name of area in which they were lost?


Bloomberg's Chris Farrell reminds us why we cannot forget the cost of the sacrifice of caregivers.  

A new study reveals that eating chocolate may protect people from diseases common among older adults.

Raising the Medicare age from 65 to 67 could save the federal government $5.7 billion, but could increase the cost of health care by over $11.4 billion.

Bettie Cooper, the world's oldest person, dies at 116.  


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