“Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design,” a hearing held February 26, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=320447
February 26, 2013
CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – February 26, 2013
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CAAR – European Central Bank Working Paper – February 26, 2013
“Employment duration and shifts into retirement in the EU,” by Ted Aranki and Corrado Macchiarelli (Working Paper No. 1517, February 2013, .pdf format, 34p.).
Abstract:
The decision to cease working is traditionally influenced by a wide set of socio-economic and environmental variables. In this paper, we study transitions out of work for 26 EU countries over the period 2004-2009 in order to investigate the determinants of retirement based on the Eurostat Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Applying standard survivor analysis tools to describe exits into retirement, we do not find any significant differences in the patterns into retirement between the average euro area and EU non-euro area countries. Moreover, we find that shifts into retirement have increased during the onset of the 2009 economic and financial crisis. Income, together with flexible working arrangements, is found to be important as regards early retirement decisions, compared to retiring beyond the legal retirement age. Finally, we show that institutional measures (such as, state/health benefits, minimum retirement age) could not be sufficient alone if individuals withdraw earlier from the labour market due to a weakening of their health. Especially, these latter results are of importance for structural and macroeconomic policy, for instance, in increasing the employment of both people and hours worked against the background of population ageing.
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – February 26, 2013
“Augmenting CNS glucocerebrosidase activity as a therapeutic strategy for parkinsonism and other Gaucher-related synucleinopathies,” by S. Pablo Sardi, Jennifer Clarke, Catherine Viel, Monyrath Chan, Thomas J. Tamsett, Christopher M. Treleaven, Jie Bu, Lindsay Sweet, Marco A. Passini, James C. Dodge, W. Haung Yu, Richard L. Sidman, Seng H. Cheng, and Lamya S. Shihabuddin (Vol. 110, No. 9, February 26, 2013, .pdf and HTML format, p. 3537-3542). Note: PNAS is providing open access to the full-text of this article.
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – February 26, 2013
“Availability and Readability of Emergency Preparedness Materials for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Older Adult Populations: Issues and Assessments,” by Linda Neuhauser, Susan L. Ivey, Debbie Huang, Alina Engelman, Winston Tseng, Donna Dahrouge, Sidhanta Gurung, and Melissa Kealey (PLoS ONE 8(2): e55614. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055614, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0055614
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CAAR – Lancet Article – February 26, 2013
Note: Lancet requires free registration before providing content: “New set of Alzheimer’s trials focus on prevention,” by Zoe Corbyn (World Report, Vol. 381, No. 9867, Feb. 23, 2013, HTML and .pdf format, p. 614-615_).
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2960330-X/fulltext
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CAAR – US Congressional Budget Office Article – February 26, 2013
“How Have CBO’s Projections of Spending for Medicare and Medicaid Changed Since the August 2012 Baseline?” by Doug Elmendorf (February 2013).
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