Advocacy

The documentary film Hot Coffee explores the famous McDonald's hot coffee case and presents a side of the case you may not be familiar with. Filmmaker and public interest lawyer Susan Saladoff uses the legal battle that began with a spilled cup of coffee to investigate what's behind America's zeal for tort “reform.”

The Arkansas Legislative Session wrapped up its work in March with two important issues regarding health care. One, Arkansas Works, a program that uses federal funds to help low-income people buy health insurance on the private market, was approved with an appropriation to continue funding the program. Arkansas Works provides insurance coverage to over 250,000 low income Arkansans.

BY CHARLIE WAGENER

Wisdom may come with age, but that doesn’t mean older people don’t fall victim to scams.

More than 452,000 Arkansans care for an older parent, spouse or other loved one, helping them live independently at home—where they want to be. These family caregivers take on huge responsibilities that can be overwhelming, stressful and exhausting. They juggle full- or part-time jobs, and many are still raising families.

Americans overwhelmingly want to age at home. But that can be difficult for those who need help with tasks such as bathing and preparing meals.

Nobody should face a big tax increase because they have high medical costs.

Technology has spurred great advances in medicine, and now it’s improving access to health care as well. Act_203_2017_ , which took effect August 1, allows patients in Arkansas to initiate an audiovisual visit with a doctor from home or another convenient remote location.

Utility costs can be burdensome, especially for people living on fixed incomes. And keeping track of proposed rate increases can be daunting.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to today’s U.S. Senate vote on the motion to proceed to consider a health care bill that would cut Medicare and Medicaid and impose an Age Tax on older Americans, AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement: