By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
The young drop coverage to avoid higher premiums

Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Georgia Engel and the ailing Valerie Harper reunited this week to tape an episode of Miss White’s hit TV Land comedy, “Hot in Cleveland.”
Though Adele didn't have a new album or a worldwide tour in 2012, she's still rolling. After a year of Grammy glory and James Bond soundtracking, Adele has been voted The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year.

As with any major news event these days, people are learning about and reacting to the shootings in Connecticut via social media, and one Internet-based "meme" on the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., that has gone viral is a Facebook post on the media's objectification of killers by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman.
Sure, three's a crowd. But four is a hoot.

Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voice-mail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke around is more your speed.
Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke around is more your speed.
Imagine having William Shatner supply your outgoing voicemail message. Or maybe you'd prefer Morgan Freeman coolly telling callers to wait for the beep. Or perhaps having Betty White joke around is more your speed.
Betty White isn't the only woman of a certain, ahem, older age still thriving on television.
Betty White isn't the only woman of a certain, ahem, older age still thriving on television.
"The Amazing Race" wins the Emmy Award for best reality series and Tom Bergeron of "Dancing With the Stars" wins the award for best host of a reality series.
Show Bits brings you the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
A longtime spokeswoman for Penguin Group (USA) is suing the publisher, alleging age discrimination and an "orchestrated, coordinated" effort to drive her out.
A watchdog group says broadcast television is implying a lot more nudity in prime time than it used to.
A watchdog group says broadcast television is implying a lot more nudity in prime time than it used to.
"The chemistry between us is that we all adore each other," says White with a laugh _ "no matter how much we deny it."
"I'm an only child, and I had a mother and dad who never drew a straight line: They just thought funny," she explains.