Affordable Healthcare Act About a month ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final rules outlining how Medicare will pay major health care providers and suppliers in 2015. The Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA), also called Obamacare, has provisions designed to reward higher quality, patient-centered care at a lower cost. The final […]
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Have you considered travel medical insurance for your next trip? Sometimes the thought of warm weather and travel sounds good. If you are traveling for a couple of months of warm weather in the U.S., cruise, travel abroad, or an early spring golf trip; you may want to plan ahead. It is prudent to make
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Treasure the time you spend with your aging parents. It is so precious, and they can still teach you a lot. Also, be conscious of how you can help them through the many changes they will experience.
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Questions from the Sandwich Generation The snow and winter are finally getting behind us and spring yard projects are being started. Your parents have seemed to have had a tough winter — colds, accidents, etc; and you wonder if you are the only person with questions. Life today is active, especially for women aged 45
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Finally, spring is around the corner; the sun is brighter and the days are getting longer. Children’s spring school projects are now underway. This morning you received a phone call from a friend whose mother had a stroke about a month ago asking for your thoughts. Life today is active, especially for women aged 45
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Elderly Depression The winter snows are flying and it’s too cold to be outside, yet the rooms inside the home seem to be closing in. The kid’s winter sports activities are in their final days and very intense. Meanwhile, having a cup of coffee with a friend, she talks about her mom and how mom
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Advice for the “Sandwich Generation” So you woke up to a phone call early today. Mom fell again. You are wondering: What can I do? How can I help mom? How does she pay for all of this? Can she afford it? Where can I turn for unbiased advice? You are not alone. Life today
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Questions about the Medicare Eligibility Age? We are headed into the Christmas Season and all the joys and emotions of the season. The kids have holiday programs at school and your husband has the annual work Christmas party. Life is busy and now dad has decided he has had enough of work and finally, at
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Lending a Hand to Caregivers of Elderly Parents We are headed into the Thanksgiving Season and there are many reasons to give thanks. For those who have families; cherish your parents, spouse and children and know not every day is going to be “perfect”. Sometimes, the obtainable is not a perfect day, but only a
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Advice for the Sandwich Generation Wow – newspapers, radio, and TV is full of insurance ads; whether it’s Medicare Plans or Health Care Reform (ACA) plans. What’s going on? Life today is active, especially for women aged 45 — 55 who care for both their parents and children. These are the people caught in the
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