Video: Medicare Savings Programs Could Be Helping More Older Adults

Mar 15, 2023

A new AARP Policy Now video explores why 1.4 million eligible low-income Medicare beneficiaries are not enrolled in state level programs that can save them at least $1,900 a year in health care costs. Under Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs), state Medicaid agencies pay more

Valuing the Invaluable 2023 Update: Strengthening Supports for Family Caregivers

Mar 09, 2023

The AARP Public Policy Institute’s Valuing the Invaluable report offers a detailed portrait of who family caregivers are, the challenges they face, and the emotional and financial toll this unpaid work can take. It documents how they are also the backbone of our long-term more

Mentoring Nursing Students at HBCUs: An Update on Our Work

Feb 24, 2023

A top goal for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is to help our country achieve health equity, and one important way is through a more diverse nursing workforce that reflects the more

NC FONAC Hosts Retreat to Advance Health Equity in North Carolina

Feb 10, 2023

NC FONAC Members Discuss Future of Nursing Recommendations The North Carolina Future of Nursing Action Coalition (NC FONAC) marked their first in-person retreat and planning session since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, convening at the AARP North Carolina headquarters in more

Location: North Carolina

Ten Things You Can Do to Support Nurses

Feb 02, 2023

Americans have identified nurses as the most trusted profession, in or out of health care, every year for the last two decades. But nurses across the country are exhausted, discouraged and leaving their roles or the profession in droves. It is time for a re-calibration. Read more

Closing the Gap: How Nurses Can Promote Tax Credits to Improve Health Equity

Jan 31, 2023

Each year, an estimated $12 billion in federal tax credits go unclaimed because about 20 to 30 percent of people who are eligible for tax credits incorrectly fill out their tax forms, or do not file at all.  We know disparities disproportionally impact people of color, more