Poll: 88% of Older Americans Want Changes to Medicare
Eighty-eight percent of U.S. residents age 50 and older want lawmakers to strengthen Medicare, according to an AARP survey. About 70% of respondents say getting more information on President Obama's and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's plans for entitlement programs will affect how they vote in November.
- "Reform in Election" (Wasson, "On the Money," The Hill, 8/8).