A Pretty Penny: Buying And Using Long Term Care Insurance
November 6, 2019
Anyone who’s had exposure to long term care knows the costs can add up quickly. Before you realize it, there can be hundreds of dollars a week going out the door to pay for all sorts of items not covered by Medicare, including companion services or help with such daily…
Calculate Your Risk: The Benefits And Burdens Of Genetic Tests
August 16, 2018
There’s no doubt we’re living in an age when DNA testing is alluring. With such commercial entities as 23andme or Ancestry.com, if you can spit into a tube then you can find out all kinds of info on your background, your heritage or even your risk of being diagnosed with…
How Much Does It Cost? Start Asking Questions About Your Medications
June 11, 2018
For those of us lucky enough to have insurance coverage for medication costs, we assume that no matter what our co-pay, we must be saving money over the “actual” cost of the medications. But it turns out that may not be a correct assumption. Reporter Susan Jaffe, in a post…
At All Costs: Figuring Out How To Pay For Long Term Care
October 26, 2017
No matter how well prepared you may think you are, the costs of paying for long term care, for either a loved one or yourself, are sometimes almost incalculable- and uninsurable. There are so many competing factors that will influence what expenses you and your family may incur: the types…
The Take Away: How Repeal Of The ACA Will Affect Seniors
January 5, 2017
With repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as agenda item #1 in the new Congress, many may mistakenly assume that if they do not currently get insurance through the exchanges, they will not be affected. That is a wrong assumption. Repeal of the ACA will have massive impact throughout…