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  • Long-term care needs more than a patchwork of programs, experts say

    Each day, more than 11,000 Americans turn 65, according to the National Council On Aging. Ask them who pays if they need help bathing, cooking, or getting to a doctor’s appointment, and most will answer incorrectly.   That confusion — and the complete lack of a coordinated national safety net — was the focus of a…

  • Panelists: New dietary guidelines could complicate health reporting 

    Flipping the food pyramid: Understanding the new U.S. dietary guidelines Moderator: Alice Callahan, reporter, The New York Times  Grace Chamberlain, senior policy associate, Center for Science in the Public Interest Joanne Slavin, Ph.D., RDN, Professor of food, agricultural and natural resource sciences, University of Minnesota By Meg Cunningham/Kansas-Missouri Health Journalism Fellow  A panel at HJ26…

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