George Carlin on Age – HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them.’
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Cell for Cash offers money for an infrequently recycled gadget – your cell phone. Many people get a new cell phone each year. Some leave the old one sitting around their house, and 7 percent just throw it away. Cell phones are full of chemicals that leach into groundwater from landfills.
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Filed under: Senior Finances
By : GARDINER HARRIS October 24, 2008 The New York Times and MedicineNet
Half of all American doctors responding to a nationwide survey say they regularly prescribe placebos to patients. The results trouble medical ethicists, who say more research is needed to determine whether doctors must deceive patients in order for placebos to work.
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Filed under: Senior Health Care
Swinging Social Scenes Keep Seniors Sharp
Resource: By Live Science May 2008
A swinging social scene staves off memory loss in older people, a new study suggests. One of the features of aging is memory loss, which can have devastating effects on the quality of life among older people.
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Filed under: Social Seniors
During these difficult and challenging economic times, seniors and retirees have more of a challenge, especially those living on fixed incomes. We see our savings, IRAs and money market accounts slashed 30% to 40%, and for some, even more.
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Filed under: Finances, Senior Finances
Study: Picking pricey brand name meds is driving up cost of the drug plan
Resource: The Associated Press Thurs., Sept. 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – Seniors who switch between low-cost generic drugs and the original products based on who’s footing the bill are likely driving up the cost of the government’s Medicare drug plan, according to a new [...]
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Filed under: Medicare and Health Insurance
Life Insurance Consideration for Seniors
There are two basic types of life insurance.
The first is term insurance, which covers you for a term of one or more years. It pays a death benefit only if you die in that term.
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Resource: By BOB MOOS – The Dallas Morning News
Every fall, Medicare beneficiaries are bombarded with sales brochures for private health care plans that promise more benefits and lower bills than they get in traditional Medicare.
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Filed under: Medicare and Health Insurance
Resource: msnbc.com – NBC Nightly News
Matt Jackson of the Meals On Wheels program waits to deliver a meal to a home in Charleston, W.Va. The program is losing volunteer drivers nationwide because of rising gas prices.
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Filed under: Senior Finances and Economy
Resource: Huffington Post This website provides this article as informational only and does not necessarily endorse these views.
Dear Florida – Five Ways McCain Will Make Things Worse for Older Americans
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Seniors in Medicare drug program’s ‘doughnut hole’ seek relief from high costs Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008
Resource: By BOB MOOS The Dallas Morning News
Angel Hearn braces for the surge of phone calls she gets this time each year at the Senior Source in Dallas, where she patiently answers older adults’ questions about Medicare’s prescription drug benefit.
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Filed under: Medicare and Health Insurance
Article Author: IWaller
Phone scam involving the 90# buttons on your telephone is still around.
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Filed under: Fraud Alerts and Identity Theft
