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	<title>Disability News &#124; PatriciaEBauer.com &#187; elderly</title>
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		<title>Deep state budget cuts put people with disabilities at risk</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/07/20/states-cut-home-care-29817/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the nation prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act next week, the New York Times presents disturbing evidence that cash-strapped states are dismantling home-care services that have been helping elderly people and those with disabilities to live in their communities. Since the start of the recession, at least 25 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Class Act&#8217; expands options for long-term care</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2010/03/30/class-act-expands-options-28969/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: &#8220;A little-remarked but potentially transformational provision&#8221; of the new health care law is the Class Act, which provides for people with long-term disabilities, writes Paula Span. The measure sets up the first national government-run long-term care insurance program, allowing workers to pay into a fund that would pay a stipend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Column: &#8216;A CLASS Act deserves support&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/17/class-act-column-26809/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a column in the Oakland [CA] Tribune, Washington insiders Cokie and Steven V. Roberts call for approval of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act. The measure, part of the health care bill, would allow workers to pay into a fund that would then pay a stipend if they become disabled. CLASS, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon announces plans to modify Kindle</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/12/08/amazon-kindle-accessibility-26330/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Associated Press/MSNBC: Amazon.com Inc. has announced that it will add two features to the Kindle that are intended to make the e-book reader more accessible to users who are blind or have limited vision. The company has come under fire from disability advocacy groups for allowing publishers to opt out of a read-aloud [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disabilities on the rise among older Americans</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/11/17/disabilities-on-the-rise-25475/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots Blog, Chicago Sun-Times: A study published in the American Journal of Public Health  finds an increasing number of older Americans with disabilities. The study by researchers at UCLA compared data from two time periods, 1988 through 1994 and 1999 through 2004. Researchers found that 60-somethings in the more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Critics call Obama&#8217;s proposed $250 payments &#8216;pandering&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/10/16/250-payments-pandering-24248/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Dow Jones/Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Washington Post: President Obama&#8217;s proposal this week of a $250 emergency payment to seniors and people with disabilities drew fire from critics, who saw it as an attempt to buy political support at a time when Social Security recipients are learning that they won&#8217;t get an increase in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Death care&#8217; provision sparks fear among seniors</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/08/01/healthcare-provision-21150/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chronic illness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Washington Post: A campaign on conservative talk radio, fueled by President Obama&#8217;s calls to control exorbitant medical bills, has sparked fear among senior citizens that the health-care bill moving through Congress will lead to end-of-life &#8220;rationing&#8221; and even &#8220;euthanasia.&#8221; The controversy stems from a proposal to pay physicians who counsel elderly or terminally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debate roiling over end-of-life benefit in health care proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/end-of-life-debate-roiling-21106/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/31/end-of-life-debate-roiling-21106/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Reisner, writing in Business Week, says an obscure end-of-life provision in the administration&#8217;s health care proposal is stoking passions in the &#8220;conservative blogosphere,&#8221; with claims that it is a step toward government-mandated euthanasia. During an AARP-sponsored town hall meeting earlier this week, a woman told the President: &#8220;I have been told there is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obamacare bill termed &#8216;government-encouraged euthanasia&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/29/obamacare-euthanasia-20916/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/29/obamacare-euthanasia-20916/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[chronic illness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[end of life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia/mercy killing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Betsy McCaughey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Carrie Budoff Brown in Politico: Legislators and political commentators are sparring over a provision tucked deep inside the House health care reform bill that would provide Medicare coverage for an end-of-life consultation once every five years, and more frequently for a life-threatening illness. House Minority Leader John Boehner and Republican Policy Committee Chairman Thaddeus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion: &#8216;GovernmentCare&#8217;s Assault on Seniors&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/23/governmentcare%e2%80%99s-20555/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/23/governmentcare%e2%80%99s-20555/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patricia Bauer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[assisted suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Betsy McCaughey says Congress is rushing to approve legislation that will &#8220;reduce access to care, pressure the elderly to end their lives prematurely, and doom baby boomers to painful later years.&#8221; At the core of McCaughey&#8217;s concern is comparative effectiveness research, which can be used to limit care based [...]]]></description>
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