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Treating Poor People As ‘Passive’ Health Care Consumers

In 2009, a State Legislator who chaired the House Financial Services committee, on Beacon Hill introduced a bill that would “automatically enroll all eligible seniors” into a managed care program for seniors.

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Ben Fourie, Charles Thompson, Philip Percival and Ernest Hemingway pose with three antelope skulls and one antelope skull while on safari at Keijunga Camp, Tanganyika

Please credit: "Photographer Unknown. Ernest Hemingway Papers. Photograph Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston."

JFK Library hosts exhibit on the life and writings of Hemingway

Hemingway fans have an opportunity to get up close and personal at The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (JFK) exhibit, Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars, which showcases the library’s Hemingway Collection.

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When will lawmakers honor our spouses?

What does Massachusetts have against spouses? Judging by reactions on Beacon Hill, this is not a “spouse-friendly” state.

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Boston to Host White House Conference on Aging forum

BOSTON — White House Conference on Aging will hold its fifth, and final, regional, May 28. This forum will engage older Americans, their families, caregivers, advocates, community leaders and experts on key issues. The forum will also inform the development of the White House Conference on Aging to be held later this year. The White […]

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Kennedy Institute demystifies Senate workings

n Monday, the $79 million facility that sits adjacent to the presidential library of his brother, John F. Kennedy, was dedicated at a politically star-studded event attended by President Barack Obama.

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Boston area fourth among 2012 Best Cities for Successful Aging

Mary Eliff, 68, loves living in the Boston area. Barely a week goes by that the Dorchester resident, who is semi-retired, isn’t at one of the many cultural opportunities the city has to offer.

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