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This article examines and analyzes six major changes enacted by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 pertaining to plan participants in existing retirement plans. Those changes relate to: (1) increased contribution limits for 60-year-old employees, (2) longevity annuities, (3) charitable gift annuities, (4) long-term care insurance, (5) unused funds in section 529 college savings plans, and (6) emergency withdrawals. These provisions vary considerably in their connection to the principal purpose of employer-provided retirement plans—namely, to finance the retirement of affected employees. But they represent Congressional efforts to address some of the deficiencies in the present tax-subsidized matrix of employer-provided retirement savings plans and may appeal to affected plan participants. In this regard, they continue the pattern in recent years of using pension plans to accommodate an ever-widening array of social initiatives that are related only tangentially, if at all, to providing income when plan participants retire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Article examines the role of religion in the creation and enforcement of advance medical directives. It begins by setting out the principal similarities and differences between the two types of such directives-- namely, living wills and health care proxies (or powers of attorney). It then considers the formulation of religiously oriented advance directives and their incorporation of religious doctrine and imperatives. The Article then addresses the impact that the religious views of an individual patient's treating physician might have on such directives. Finally, the Article analyzes religiously based challenges to the enforcement of advance medical directives, paying particular attention to the Terri Schiavo case and its continuing significance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explains the evolution of Medicare government program in the U.S. over the past half century in the context of how other health insurance options operate today in the U.S. and also analyzes the changes introduced by the U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Medicare.

The article presents information on the reduction in the budgetary deficits and the health care reforms taken place in the U.S. The controversies related to Medicare programs, the misconceptions related to public initiative and the future of Medicare system of the U.S. is discussed. The myths related to Medicare which includes the bankruptcy of Medicare system, medical costs coverage and long term-care is also discussed.

The article focuses on the impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as the Obamacare, on elderly Americans. It examines the changes in Obamacare including the coverage of prescription drugs under Medicare Part D, long term care financing and Medicare managed plans. It cites the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, the Independent Medicare Advisory Board and the reinsurance program. Conclusions indicated the significant impact of the 2010 Obamacare legislation on older Americans.