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Evan Vucci/AP toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Joe Biden's nearly $2 trillion proposal to support U.S. jobs and infrastructure includes $400 billion to fund the kinds of home-based, long-term health care services and aides that many families have, until now, found unaffordable. Evan Vucci/AP There's widespread agreement that it's important to help older adults and people with disabilities remain independent as long as possible. But are we prepared to do what's necessary, as a nation, to make this possible? That's the challenge President Biden has ...

union." the leader of the western world was wrapping up a meeting with world leaders dominated by the debt crisis in europe when he was reminded of oncoming u.s. elections. >> the least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now. >> no one believes him, of course, but there are people who get paid to worry about the president's re-election bid and there is cause for concern. "usa today" and gallup polled 12 swing states the president carried in 2008. they found that in late october he was running a close race with mitt romney, herman cain and rick perry. nearly...

Seniors choice. it has insurers competing against each other for their business ch wet to harness the power of patient choice. >> those are fighting words to david certner. >> the money allocated is not going to be enough and it's going to be an even lesser amount over time. >> 47 million people are enrolled in medicare today. by 2040, medicare will cover nearly double the people it does now and cost three times as much. medicare, it would seem, is unsustainable. democrats are jumping on the change medicare band wagon. president obama plans to unveil his plan tonight with one difference from t...

>> so, the aarp is worried social security could be a casualty in this debate. david certner is the guy who talks to lawmakers on capitol hill about the matters. david, welcome. what do you think the president will say about social security this afternoon? >> it's hard to predict, but what we hope he says is what he said in the past. that social security is not a big contributor to the budget defic deficit. in fact, it's in surplus. we shouldn't be cutting social security to deal with our current deficit problems. >> plenty of people out there say social security hey to remain solvent. to do t...