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May 4, 2012Commentary: New Medicare board could hurt Michigan's seniors
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120504/OPINION01/205040334#ixzz1ttjx1vVt
Linda Burghardt, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, cites a Wayne State University study in her opinion piece about the federal government’s attempt to stop runaway Medicare spending. She writes that the study, conducted by lead author Thomas Jankowski, associate director of research at WSU’s Institute of Gerontology, found that a third of the state’s older-than-65 population doesn’t have enough income to cover their basic needs. “This invisible poverty is all around us,” says Jankowski.
Linda Burghardt, executive director of the Michigan chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, cites a Wayne State University study in her opinion piece about the federal government’s attempt to stop runaway Medicare spending. She writes that the study, conducted by lead author Thomas Jankowski, associate director of research at WSU’s Institute of Gerontology, found that a third of the state’s older-than-65 population doesn’t have enough income to cover their basic needs. “This invisible poverty is all around us,” says Jankowski.
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