4/30/02 Shifting Health-Care Costs to You Business Week 4/29/02 Medicare Payment For Cancer Drugs Is Seen As Likely New York Times 4/25/02 Rising Health Costs Tied to Drugs, Treatments, Study Says The Atlanta Journal 4/25/02 U.S.Report on Nursing Homes Compares Care in Md Facilities; Information is Released to Help Consumers Make Choices Washington Post 4/24/02 U.S. Releases Nursing Home Quality Indicators in Ads on Web Bloomberg Newswire 4/23/02 In It For the Long Run, Exercise Is Key To The Prescription For Healthy Aging, No Matter How Old You Are Washington Post 4/22/02 Medicare's Changes Merit a Close Watch Los Angeles Times 4/22/02 AARP Wants Bigger Role in Prescription Drug Cases New York Times 4/18/02 Hard Decisions for Employers as Costs Soar in Health Care New York Times 4/9/02 Rats At A Los Angeles Morgue Mutilate Several of the Bodies Los Angeles Times 4/9/02 Many on Medicaid Lack Drugs, Study Says Los Angeles Times 4/8/02 UN Says Elderly Will Soon Out number Young For First Time New York Times 4/8/02 UN Says Elderly Will Soon Out number Young For First Time New York Times 4/8/02 Study Says 38 Percent of Adults are Sedentary in Leisure Time; Regular Exercise More Common in Men, Young People Washington Post 4/7/02 U.S. To Unveil First Ratings of Nursing Homes Washington Post 4/3/02 Outpatient Prescription Program for Non-insured Associated Press 4/2/02 John Breaux Promotes Local Healthcare Programs; US Senator is scheduled to Make Six-Day Visit Shreveport Times 3/26/02 FDA Warns That Kava Use May Cause Liver Damage Los Angeles Times 3/26/02 Long-Term Care Program Comes Loaded With Options Washington Post 3/25/02 Epilepsy Mistreated in Elderly Associated Press 3/25/02 OPM Kicks Off Much Anticipated Long-Term Care Insurance Program Washington Post 3/25/02 Analysts See a Seismic Shift in Health Policy Debate Congressional Quarterly 3/25/02 Elder Care -- Living Arrangements: Seniors Face More Housing Options Than Ever Before; Unraveling The Benefits And The Costs Barrons 3/23/02 Congress, GAO to Examine Curbs on Funeral Industry Washington Post 3/22/02 Governors Ask Congress For A Solution To Medicaids Long-Term Care Problem Associated Press 3/22/02 Long-Term Care costs Magnify Need For Reforms, Kentucky Governor Says BNA 3/21/02 Medicaid Costs Threatening State, Federal Budgets Reuters Health 3/21/02 Congress To Examine State Laws Adequately Cover Crimes at Cemeteries, Crematories Associated Press 3/11/02 Cemetary Abuses Mean Your Loved Ones May Not Be Resting Where You Think US News & World Report 3/10/02 Spartanburg SC Based Nursing Home Firm Faces Another Lawsuit The Charlotte Observer 3/8/02 Putting Limits on Lawsuits The Cincinnati Post 3/5/02 Abuse, Neglect of Nursing Home Patiens Often are Unreproted, Officials Tell Panel BNA 3/5/02 Congresss Faults Nursing Homes Orlando Sentinel 3/5/02 Breaux Blasts Response To Reports of Nursing Home Abuse Congressional Quarterly 3/5/02 LA Nursing Home Laws Leave Some Gaps On Abuse Advocate, Washington Bureau 3/4/02 Abuse AT US Nursing Homes Often Goes Unreported AReuters 3/4/02 Senate Probe: Abuse in Nursing Homes Not Treated Like Other Crimes Associated Press 3/4/02 GAO Report Focuses on Abuse of Elderly Advocate, Washington Bureau 3/4/02 Fear Skepticism Elder Abuse, Federal REprot Finds Delays in Notification The Times - Picayune 3/4/02 Nursing Home Abuse Seldom Reported USA Today 3/3/02 Report To Examine Victimization In Nursing Homes Knight Ridder 3/3/02 Frail Prey US News & World Report 3/3/02 Report Finds Abuse in Nursing Homes Not Treated Like Other Crimes Associated Press Story 3/2/02 Unreported Abuse Found at Nursing Homes New York Times