1/10/201 - Who Supports Health Reform?

Center faculty affiliates David Brady and Daniel Kessler report on their study that surveyed Americans about their willingness to pay for health reform. Read the full article at PS: Political Science & Politics, Cambridge University Press

1/15/10 - Live Fully; Retire at 85

The aging of the American population can be good news for society, says Center director Laura L. Carstensen. Read the full article at Rochester Review

12/14/09 - New Research Predicts Longer Life Expectancy for Americans, Higher Outlays for Medicare and Social Security

Watch an interview with Dr. John (Jack) Rowe, chairman of the Center’s external advisory council, discussing the new report from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society published in The Milbank Quarterly. Watch the interview at The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

12/14/09 - Americans may live longer and cost more

Dr. John (Jack) Rowe, chairman of the Center’s external advisory council, comments on research showing government forecasts may have underestimated Americans’ life expectancy. Read the full article in Reuters

12/1/09 - Loneliness Is Contagious: 4 Ways to Stay Connected as You Age

Center on Longevity director Laura L. Carstensen discusses opportunities for people to stay connected as they get older and a note on how they respond to political candidates’ communications. Read the full article in U.S. News and World Report

11/17/09 - Letter to President Obama urging that health reform legislation control costs

Health reform legislation should include provisions to lower costs and reduce long-term deficits, says a letter to President Obama from a group of the nation’s leading health economists, including four Center on Longevity faculty affiliates. “ … we write as economists to stress the potential benefits of health reform for our nation’s fiscal health, and… Read more 11/17/09 - Letter to President Obama urging that health reform legislation control costs

8/18/09 - Putting The Public’s Money Where Its Mouth Is

In a paper published by the journal Health Affairs, Center on Longevity faculty affiliates Daniel Kessler and David Brady describe the results of a 2009 national survey that quantifies Americans’ willingness to pay to expand health insurance coverage. Read the full article in Health Affairs

8/10/09 - Fraud Doesn't Always Happen to Someone Else

Studies of scammers and fraud victims have found some eye-opening trends. Such victims aren’t necessarily uneducated and gullible, or naive seniors. The typical investment-scam victim is an optimistic married man in his later 50s who has a higher-than-average knowledge of financial matters and deep confidence in his own judgment, according to research funded by the… Read more 8/10/09 - Fraud Doesn't Always Happen to Someone Else

8/7/09 - People 'get happier as they age'

Most people get happier as they grow older, studies on people aged up to their mid-90s suggest. Despite worries about ill health, income, changes in social status and bereavements, later life tends to be a golden age, according to psychologists. Read the full story in BBC News

8/7/09 - Except for dementia, even very old people are happier

Among the most praised psychological research in recent years is Stanford professor Laura Carstensen’s work on happiness and aging. Through her studies, Carstensen has found that, contrary to popular opinion that young people are the happiest, people generally become happier as they age. Read the full story in The Los Angeles Times