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Nurse standing by elderly woman sitting on wheelchair (Getty Images/Morsa Images)

Do we simply not care about old people?

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
Gerry Turner and Leslie on "The Golden Bachelor" finale (Disney/John Fleenor)

The shaky promise of "Golden Bachelor"

Danielle J. Lindemann
Katy Perry at "Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love" held at Avalon Hollywood on March 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

Katy Perry's housing battle sparks bill

Nardos Haile
Plan 75 (KimStim)

Dystopian euthanasia for the elderly

Gary M. Kramer
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Mitch McConnell Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why "age caps" can't fix democracy

Winslow Erik Wright
Dementia bran scan research (Getty Images)

This is your brain on a UTI

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Tony Dix receives his second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination site operated by the Florida Department of Health at St. Patricks Catholic Church on January 26, 2021 in Mount Dora, Florida. More than one million seniors 65 and older have been vaccinated in the state. (Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images))

Our seniors face major vaccine obstacles

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Margaret Keenan, 90, is the first patient in the United Kingdom to receive the Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry, administered by nurse May Parsons, at the start of the largest ever immunization program in the UK's history on December 8, 2020 in Coventry, United Kingdom. (Jacob King - Pool / Getty Images)

Yes, my mom should get the vaccine first

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Doctor and patient on medical consultation (Getty Images)

Trump's ploy to kill grandma

Sarah Okeson - DCReport
Medical workers load a patient from Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center into an ambulance while wearing masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) in Andover, New Jersey. After an anonymous tip to police, 17 people were found dead at the long-term care facility, including two nurses, where at least 76 patients and 41 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Our deadly prejudice against the elderly

Lynn Casteel Harper
(AP/Nam Y. Huh)

Never too late to operate?

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News

The problems with home health care

Melissa Bailey - KFF Health News
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robots are the way of our agin

Elizabeth Payne - New America Media
(Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

nursing homes, post-obamacare

Jordan Rau - KFF Health News

Paul Buchheit - Alternet
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Horror in US nursing homes

Joanna Rothkopf
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Robert Copeland (AP/Jim Cole)

Old white racists' new mascot

Joan Walsh

Alexander Besant - GlobalPost
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My family won't leave!

Cary Tennis
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Jim Fitzgerald
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