Seniors balk at ban on free doughnuts
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It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool &#151; and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.
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Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost older people and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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WASHINGTON Oct. 15, 2004 - A day before the first presidential debate, the government&#39;s health policy watchdog raised concerns that early mailings to seniors about the new Medicare prescription discount
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I don&#39;t understand why everyone can&#39;t get past Target&#39;s deciding against the Salvation Army bell-ringers [&quot;Target&#39;s ban on red kettles gets a boycott in return, from me!
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WASHINGTON -- Filling the doughnut hole in Medicare drug plans would cost seniors and the disabled about $40 a month more.
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By Glynis Jones  Dear Editor, It is all very well older people learning to use the internet, but a lot of them are never going to be able to afford to buy a computer to use at home.
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A federal dietary advisory panel is considering whether its revision of nutrition guidelines should let some people treat themselves to guilt-free desserts. Such treats would be bonuses for healthful living, under proposals being considered by the advisory panel that's drafting an update of the nutritional guidance.
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Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments.
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Older Americans are confused and unhappy about upcoming changes in the federal Medicare health program, according to a nonpartisan survey released on Tuesday that indicates the issue could help Democrats win the November vote.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Krispy Kreme is offering to reward students with a doughnut for every A on their report card, but the plan seems a little flaky to some officials trying to fight childhood obesity...
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By Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Jun. 23--V I C T O RV I L L E -- Vi c -- tor Valley Community Hospital is offering free health screenings for senior citizens Monday.   The Senior Health Fair is free to all seniors 50 and older.
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An investigation by federal and state regulators of "free lunch" investment seminars aimed at seniors has found high-pressure sales pitches masquerading as educational sessions, pervasive misleading claims for unsuitable financial products and even fraud.
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The federal government has been urging people to sock away money for their retirement, but low-income families would be foolish to take that advice, according to a report released yesterday by a Washington think tank.
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If all congressional pages were senior citizens, it would stop the practice of sending young students into a less than adequately supervised environment.
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Ontario will ban junk food in elementary schools within a few weeks, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said yesterday. The warning came as Kennedy said &quot;dozens&quot; of school boards have not complied with his
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Amid changing family values, a proposed law would force children to support their elderly parents.
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TORONTO (CP) - Education Minister Gerard Kennedy says he will ban junk food from vending machines in the province&#39;s elementary schools because not all school boards are doing it voluntarily.