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JUN 19, 2025
(Jackson, MS) – AARP has announced five organizations throughout Mississippi will receive 2025 Community Challenge grants. The grants are part of AARP’s $4.2 million commitment to fund 383 quick-action projects aimed at making communities more livable for people of all ages, with a focus on the needs of older adults. The funds will support efforts to improve public places, transportation, housing, digital connections, and other key areas.
The names of the first 10 Medicare drugs whose prices the federal government will negotiate directly with manufacturers were released Aug. 29. Popular but pricey blood thinners, diabetes medications, cancer treatments make historic list.
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MAY 8, 2025
More than one million private sector workers nationwide are now saving for retirement through state-facilitated Auto-IRA programs — a major milestone in the effort to address the nation’s retirement savings challenges. These plans help workers whose workplaces do not offer a retirement plan to automatically contribute a portion of their paycheck into a secure retirement savings account.
By Margie Culbertson
By Margie Culbertson
Are you a communicator at heart? Do you use Facebook and Twitter to connect with family, friends and organizations? Are you interested in a volunteer opportunity that you can do right from the comfort of your own home? If you answered yes to these questions, AARP Mississippi has a volunteer opportunity just for you.
By Margie Culbertson
According to a new AARP poll , almost three out of ten people who are caring for a loved one say their life has changed since becoming a caregiver. More than one in five says their weight, exercise, or social life has suffered. To illustrate the complexity and help the 42 million sons and daughters, friends and spouses caring for parents and loved ones see themselves as caregivers, AARP and the Ad Council are unveiling a new suite of Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) as part of their Caregiver Assistance campaign. The PSAs will be distributed today as part of National Family Caregivers Month (November) and direct caregivers to tools and resources to help cope with their daily responsibilities at aarp.org/caregiving .
(This is a story by Margie Culbertson, freelance writer and AARP Mississippi volunteer. She is pictured on the left.)
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Jackson, MS - On the eve of the 78th anniversary of the creation of Social Security, which provides an average monthly retirement benefit of about $1,170 to 375,000 Mississippians, AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond issued the following statement:
Yesterday, AARP Mississippi released the first in a “commonsense solutions” series of new videos on the 48th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing Medicare into law on July 30, 1965. Mississippi has 369,000 residents who rely on Medicare for their health care coverage, on average spending $5,000 of their income on out-of pocket health care costs. AARP’s Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond released the following statement with the video: To see the full video click here.
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