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Data by state on Americans 50-plus: health, financial security, housing, caregiving and more. Read
Solutions Forum: Delivering Long-Term Services and Supports
How Can States Do Better?
Solutions Forum:
Advancing Rural Health
Maximizing Nurses Impact
Solutions Forum: Launching Health Insurance Exchanges
What are states doing to create exchanges?
Solutions Forum: Improving Health Coverage for Americans 50-64
The impact of health reform—now and in the future.
Solutions Forum: Social Security and the Future of Retirement
What changes can ensure Social Security continues to play a major role in retirement security?
Learn about the policy development process at AARP, and read about AARP's positions on public issues in The Policy Book, AARP Public Policies
2011-2012. More
Faces of Chronic Care, a video produced by AARP’s Public Policy Institute, explores the difficulties faced by many older Americans with chronic health conditions as they (and their caregivers) navigate the health delivery system. Watch
PPI is home to the Center to Champion Nursing in America — a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation — committed to addressing the growing nursing shortage that threatens access to health care and quality of care across the nation. More
The Public Policy Institute's Economics Team analyzes and develops policies related to the economy and its impact on financial security, particularly security in retirement.
Click below for reports on major economic security topics. Use the PPI search box on the right for a more precise search.
Pensions and Retirement Saving
The unemployment rate fell for those aged 55 and over, but duration of unemployment increased as did the percentage of involuntary part-time workers. read
A look at distributions of income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in 2010. An AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet by Ke Bin Wu. read
This report by Sara Rix highlights growing concerns about current and future financial well-being. read
Numbers of older Americans by state who would be in poverty without Social Security. read
The numbers of older Americans in each state relying on Social Security for much of their total family income. read
This AARP Public Policy Institute fact sheet by Gary Koenig and Lina Walker provides ten statistics to describe the economic security of persons age 65 and older. read
The recent recession has caused high unemployment, loss of income and savings, and lower home values. Four in ten of older Americans surveyed expect a lower standard of living in retirement than that of their parents. An Insight on the Issues report by Sara E. Rix read
This report by Ke Bin Wu finds that older persons with low family income depend heavily on Social Security and shows that earnings have become increasingly more important for the older population. read
A video interview with PPI senior strategic policy advisor Sara Rix, who discusses the difficulties older workers continue to face in the job market. Watch
The Supplemental Poverty Measure provides significant opportunities to generate a new official poverty measure. read
Leading economic experts discuss the future of retirement security in America. read
Older Americans reliance on Social Security by race, ethnicity, gender, and nativity. read
Some states are adopting a promising new approach to helping workers keep their jobs and health benefits in an economic downturn. read
According to a new PPI Fact Sheet by Ke Bin Wu of the AARP Public Policy Institute, median income declined significantly in 2008. read
This AARP Public Policy Institute fact sheet by Sandy Mackenzie and other AARP staff. read
This report examines the persistent problem of elderly poverty in the United States. read
The latest data on the critical role Social Security plays in securing the income of many Americans. read
This PPI research report by Sandy Mackenzie argues that the eclipse of the traditional pension and the dominance of the 401(k) plan threaten the financial security of older Americans. Alternative instruments like the cash balance plan and two relatively new enhancements to the 401(k) plan can potentially mitigate its shortcomings. read
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