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Warning: As Holiday Spending Surges, So Will Fraud
Criminals are getting creative: gift card scams, shipping scams, travel and charity scams, and more. According to an AARP national survey, a whopping 82 percent of consumers have encountered some kind of fraudulent activity. Many believe lawmakers should do more to protect the public from fraud.
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Prescription Drugs
Pharmacy Networks' Role in Accessing and Affording Prescription Drugs
Explores how plans develop pharmacy networks, what the shift to preferred pharmacy networks means for older adults’ cost sharing, whether current standards of network accountability are sufficient, and steps that policymakers can take to ensure they continue to work for older adults.
Food Insecurity
SNAP Participation Included Nearly 10 Million Households with Adults Ages 50+ in 2022
This Fact Sheet describes selected characteristics of households with adults ages 50 and older as well as individuals ages 50 and older who participated in SNAP in FY 2022 and the benefits they received.
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.
High Home Care Inflation Creates Risks for Older Adults & Caregivers
Rising home care costs are outpacing general inflation. Home care inflation grew by 8.7% from September 2023 to September 2024, compared to the general inflation increase of 2.4%. It’s putting older adults at risk for not receiving needed services and placing increased strain on caregivers.
Midlife Adults Strained by Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Costs
Midlife adults bear the burden of growing costs in employer-sponsored health insurance. For many of the 63% of adults ages 50 to 64 who get health insurance through an employer, the impact is creating affordability and access challenges with higher premiums, limited options, and wage and benefit reductions.
Quiet Policy Change Could Lead to Substantial Savings for People in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans
Medicare Part D enrollees could benefit from a little publicized policy change that lowers their out-of-pocket costs on prescription drugs. The change requires plans to count the value of plan-provided supplemental benefits towards an enrollee’s out-of-pocket costs, thus reducing what an enrollee spends.
AARP Policy Now Video Features Top Livable Communities
Learn more about the top performing communities in the AARP Livability Index and the keys to providing value to residents of all ages through this video. The AARP Livability Index scores every neighborhood in the US, identifying factors in transportation, housing, and other areas that most affect people’s lives.
AARP Public Policies
AARP’s public policies are the foundation of our work. Learn more about the AARP Policy Book and our Policy Fundamentals.