Sunday, September 28, 2014

Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act Would Create Tax-free Accounts for the Disabled

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Sara Wolff (center) is calling on Congress to allow disabled  Americans to save and still receive benefits like  Social Security Disabil...
Friday, September 26, 2014

Preparing for Medicare Open Enrollment

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Oct. 15 marks the start of Medicare's seven-week annual election period, when current beneficiaries can add, drop or switch prescriptio...
Thursday, September 25, 2014

What Happens When We All Live to 100?

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Gregg Easterbrook, contributing editor of The Atlantic has penned an excellent and thought-provoking article in  What Happens When We All L...
Sunday, September 21, 2014

Salvation Army: Partners in Caring

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I just received my annual "thanks" for supporting the Salvation Army. Your compassionate support is providing struggling fam...
Friday, September 19, 2014

New Regs May Increase Pay for Home Care Workers, Which Might Harm Seniors and Others

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A federal regulation scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2015, could force employers to pay previously exempt caregivers the federal m...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Medicare Increases Coverage of Mental Health Services

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Medicare has increased the amount of mental health coverage beneficiaries are entitled to. After years of unequal treatment, Medicare now...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Roth IRAs Dim as Inheritance Vehicles- Beware the Rush to Covert

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Roth IRA's may sound like a great idea for passing wealth to family members—the funds essentially can grow tax-free over your lifetim...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Long Term Care Differs Under Medicare and Medicaid

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Although their names are confusingly alike, Medicaid and Medicare are quite different programs. Both programs provide health coverage, bu...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Most Terminal Dementia Patients in Nursing Homes Given Pointless and Potentially Dangerous Drugs

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Tim Mullaney , staff writer for McKnight's , posted the following article : Nursing homes administer largely pointless and potentia...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Feds Move to Protect Some Surviving Spouses of Reverse Mortgage Holders

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A new federal rule has taken effect aimed at protecting certain spouses of reverse mortgage holders from being forced out of their homes wh...