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New Top 100 Livable Communities
The AARP Livability IndexTM platform scores every neighborhood and community in the United States for the services and amenities that affect people’s lives across seven categories: housing, neighborhood, transportation, environment, health, engagement, and opportunity. A host of new communities entered the Top 100 Performing Communities in 2024, based on factors related to Neighborhood, Engagement and Transportation. Explore the new factsheets about the seven categories of livability and a Policy Now video featuring highlights of what made communities stand out.
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Spotlight
The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond
In The Second Fifty, Debra Whitman, Chief Public Policy Officer at AARP, leads us through the most important questions people face as they age and offers practical advice that can enable Americans to live a longer, healthier, more meaningful second half of life.
The Latest
Nearly 2 Million Adults Ages 50 to 64 Are Losing Medicaid Coverage from Postpandemic Disenrollments
Administrative issues with Medicaid redeterminations need to be addressed because even temporary disruptions in health coverage can have an outsized impact on people ages 50 to 64 due to their higher health risks.
Date: September 23, 2024
Women Voters 50+ See the Economy Worsening Despite What Economists and Politicians Say
Most women voters 50-plus say elected officials are not addressing the financial challenges they face, according to a recent AARP survey. The majority of women voters 50 and over are increasingly worried about the country’s economic challenges, with eight in 10 expecting housing and grocery prices to get worse in the next year.
Date: September 20, 2024
AARP Honors 5 Nurses for Commitment to Health Equity
Meet five outstanding nurses selected as recipients of the 2024 Equity-Minded Nurse Awards from the AARP Center for Health Equity through Nursing and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, with support from national nursing organizations.
Date: September 10, 2024
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