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  1. The Medicare Rule Costing Heart Patients Their Lives

    In an aging society, the best way to support our healthy aging population is to invest in preventative care and early intervention. In a new opinion in The Well News, GCOA's CEO, Michael Hodin, highlights how providing timely access to innovative treatments like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for asymptomatic patients is the key to ensuring patients with heart disease are not forced to become sicker or incur costly complications while waiting for care.
  2. Webinar: Ageing, Gender, Power: Rethinking Women’s Health, Work and Rights Across the Life Course

    Join Us: Ageing, Gender, Power April 28, 2026 | 7:30–9:00am EDT | Virtual GCOA Executive Director Melissa Gong Mitchell will speak at the International Federation on Ageing’s upcoming webinar, “Ageing, Gender, Power: Rethinking Women’s Health, Work & Rights Across the Life Course.” As demographic realities shift worldwide, women are at the center of these changes,…

  3. GCOA Sign-on Letter to Governor Spanberger: Consequences of Importing Federal Price Caps on Virginians’ Access to Medicine & Healthy Aging Opportunities

    Dear Governor Spanberger: We, the undersigned organizations, bring deep, on‑the‑ground experience serving older Americans, patients managing complex and chronic conditions, and their caregivers across Virginia and nationwide. We also have a clear understanding of which policies and programs are effective and where they fall short.
  4. New Report Summarizes State of Expert Opinions on Japan’s Adult Vaccine Policy as Population Shifts Older

    The Global Coalition on Aging (GCOA), Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI), and the Asia-Pacific Consortium for Healthy Aging and Adult Immunization (AP-CHAAI) today announced the launch of Strengthening Vaccine Policy for Healthy Aging and Economic Growth in Japan, a landscape analysis examining the state of vaccine policy in super-aging Japan. Based on a comprehensive review of over 100 policy documents, recommendations, reports, academic papers, and gray literature articles, the report, which was funded by GSK, summarizes the latest academic research and policy discourse around adult vaccines.

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