AALS Aging and the Law Listserv for May 28, 2012

1. Older Workers Have Highest Long-Term Unemployment: http://thejobmouse.com/2012/05/15/older-workers-have-highest-long-term-unemployment/

2. Obama Administration’s 2013 Budget: Estate Tax Planning Changes: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/693516

3. Healthcare Access to Erode if Law Struck Down: Study: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-05-07/news/sns-rt-us-usa-healthcare-accessbre8460zs-20120507_1_healthcare-law-health-insurance-health-coverage

4. Medicaid Payments to Primary Care Doctors Will Rise Under New Regulation: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/medicaid-payments-to-primary-care-doctors-will-rise-under-new-regulation/2012/05/09/gIQAbGZ1DU_story.html

5. Revived By Music: http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/revived-by-music/#more-12631

6. New Drug Trial Seeks to Stop Alzheimer’s Before It Starts: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/16/health/research/prevention-is-goal-of-alzheimers-drug-trial.html

7. Will Adult Children Have to Pay Mom’s Nursing Home Costs?: http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2012/05/16/will-adult-children-have-to-pay-moms-nursing-home-costs/

8. New Md. Law Aims to Halt Financial Abuse of the Elderly: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/money/bs-bz-ambrose-elder-abuse-20120514,0,2547944.story

9. Missouri House Votes to Expand State’s Elder Abuse Law: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2012/05/15/missouri-house-votes-expand-states-elder-abuse-law/

10. Spousal Refusal: I Take Thee in Sickness and in Health, Except…: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-margaret-carrozza/i-take-thee-in-sickness-a_b_1509834.html

11. National Alzheimer’s Plan: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/napa/NatlPlan.pdf

12. 50 Years of Government Spending in One Graph (see Medicare): http://npr.org/blogs/money/2012/5/14/152671813/50-years-of-government-spending-in-1-graph?sc=fb&cc=fp

Ann Murphy

Professor, Gonzaga Law School

Listserv Director

AALS Aging and the Law Section