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Medicare is headed for a crisis. We’re not ready – but there’s still time | Ray E. Landis
It is past time to shore up Medicare’s finances and reverse the drift toward its privatization.
How do we stop a slide into autocracy? By always remembering that facts matter | Ray E. Landis
Autocratic governments use lies and propaganda to brainwash their citizens and perpetuate their rule.
And you get a shot! And you get a shot! After COVID, what next for state lotteries? | Ray E. Landis
Maybe the incentive for a fair and progressive tax system in Pennsylvania is through the creation of a lottery for all Pennsylvania taxpayers.
How our post-truth age has made it easier for scammers targeting the elderly to flourish | Ray E. Landis
It is troubling to contemplate the number of people who are susceptible to this kind of lie, which targets some of our most vulnerable.
My family’s long-term care story – and what it says about the challenges we all face | Ray E. Landis
There's no one way to do it, but we need to do a better job of preparing families for the decisions that are coming.
Older drivers and Public Safety: Preserve their independence by improving public transit | Ray E. Landis
Senior-friendly ride-sharing services, more neighborhood amenities, the potential for driverless cars – all offer alternatives that can help Pennsylvania’s growing older population avoid isolation.
‘Freedom’ is not another word for selfishness and greed. But from guns to the pandemic, we’re treating it that way | Ray E. Landis
Allowing individuals to own military grade weapons is not a path to progress in the United States.
Pa. once had a near-miss with Texas-sized deregulation. We have to remember our history and be on guard | Ray E. Landis
We need to support and bolster the efforts of our Consumer Advocate in protecting Pennsylvanians from the excesses of the energy industry.
Don’t say the Capitol riots weren’t us. They were. And we need a reckoning | Ray E. Landis
The rioters' viewpoints are shared by large swaths of those who live in the United States.
The COVID-19 pandemic taught us brutal lessons in 2020. Will we heed them in 2021? | Ray E. Landis
The question for the future will be whether the people who died of COVID-19, and the families who suffered, will be written off as a tragic consequence of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, or whether their sacrifice can lead to a better system.
Pa. has a State Plan on Aging? Here’s what you need to know about this important document | Ray E. Landis
Every state is required to produce such a blueprint in order to receive millions of dollars of funding from the federal Older Americans Act.
No matter who wins, America will have its oldest president ever. We deserve to know about their health | Ray E. Landis
Trump and Biden’s age mean any deceptions about the health of the president will only become a more serious concern.