And even once the senior citizens are covered, there are still many Americans who don't have health insurance.
Even though 28% of the senior citizens live alone (compared with the national average of 17.6%), it is almost unheard of for anyone to be left alone sick - or, worse, to die for lack of attention.
As for the second largest group of non-income taxpayers, the senior citizens, an effort to increase the income tax responsibilities for this class would necessarily require that we place an increased level of income tax on their social security benefits.
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Jim Parker, from the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party, was among the crowds, wearing a smiley faced rosette.
The Scottish Socialist Party, rival left-wing party Solidarity, the Scottish Senior Citizens' Unity Party and UKIP are also contesting the by-election.
Roth is still finalizing the proposal, but aides say it would cover the neediest senior citizens, and would be effective October 1.
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If they want those members who believe that we should achieve deficit reduction only on the backs of senior citizens and vulnerable Americans and the middle class, they need to explain that.
Alan Beck , director of the Center for the Human-Animal Bond at Purdue's School of Veterinary Medicine and a principal investigator in the study, says they placed Aibo, a robotic dog made by Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people ), in the homes of isolated senior citizens to determine whether the robotic pet can improve quality of life.
The president also sought to assure the elderly that cutting costs and finding savings in the Medicare program for senior citizens won't diminish the level of service currently provided.
They may need that deaf ear for their own constituents in the coming days as senior citizens and their advocates lament the second consecutive annual denial of a social security cost-of-living increase.
The AARP roadies--senior citizens who roam the country visiting grandchildren--won't be down for another hour, so now it's all hardworking business types sipping coffee at the too-small tables, preparing for another day of work on the road.
Ryan also revived his proposal to reform Medicare, the health care program for senior citizens that is considered the biggest driver of rising federal deficits as costs increase and more Americans become eligible.
According to the report, 58 million children under the age of 17, 28 million senior citizens over the age of 65, 31 million people who suffer from asthma and 15 million people with chronic emphysema or chronic bronchitis live in counties that are entirely or partially within a 50-mile radius of the offending power plants.
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"We look, unfortunately, like the party of senior citizens", he says.
And the balance is important because a plan that does not have it puts unduly the burden on senior citizens, or on middle-class Americans, or on parents with disabled children, and that is not acceptable.
Here, indeed, we already have a working model for a bipartisan compromise: the Medicare Part D drug benefit that helps senior citizens afford the medicines they need.
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As the government pays for senior citizens' drug costs, it is likely to wind up footing the bill for a large fraction of cancer drugs.
Republicans argued that the changes would reduce benefits for senior citizens, but Democrats say the overall effect would be minor.
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Even with the demographic bulge caused by the post-war baby boom, America can afford its senior citizens, the people too old to work.
In particular, he defended the need for popular entitlement programs that provide government benefits to senior citizens, the poor and the disabled, saying they were part of the American fabric.
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The American Association of Retired People, the nation's largest organization of senior citizens, has praised the pharmaceutical industry agreement as a step toward health care reform.
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They have said an agreement must include major reforms of entitlement programs such as the Medicare and Medicaid government-run health-care programs for senior citizens, the disabled and the poor.
The reform has liberated millions of senior citizens and encouraged their continued participation in the labor market.
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Now here is the twist: we are all going to be receiving these kinds transfers when we are senior citizens in the form of medicare.
There was also some singing to the tune of "Clementine" organised by a group of senior citizens calling themselves the Raging Grannies.
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At one, in Atlanta, workers unloaded bottles of water while a resident offered advice for the city's senior citizens.
The rest are either senior citizens or students who are getting loans and are expected to become taxpayers when they finish their education.
The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit that went into effect this year pays industry health plans to cover the drug expenses of senior citizens.
As a consequence, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the nearly 5 million senior citizens will be forced to switch from Medicare Advantage to Medigap plans.
She listed essential elements for passing a health care bill, including making coverage more affordable for middle-class Americans, sustaining the solvency of the Medicare program for senior citizens while eliminating a gap in their prescription drug coverage, no deficit increase and holding insurance companies accountable.
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