Alternative Facts: Promises That Your Medicare Is Safe May Not Be True
March 14, 2017
Undoubtedly everyone is aware of the turmoil currently surrounding efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and to alter other aspects of our health care system. Seniors and those approaching the Medicare sign-up age may feel they are protected from most of this maelstrom. In fact, Speaker Paul…
Taking Care Of Business: Older Entrepreneurs
March 14, 2017
For many of us, retirement may be a time to kick back, relax and take it easy. But for those of us who are not the “retiring” type, our later years may be precisely the time to get creative and start a business. Apparently the fastest rate of entrepreneurship in…
Money’s Worth: Wise Women Need To Understand Retirement
March 7, 2017
While it’s critical that everyone contemplate what his or her needs will be in retirement, the planning may require extra consideration for women. Given that women have often endured pay inequity, time out from the workforce and other actions that have affected their finances, it’s important that women receive retirement…
Hanging Up Those Boots: Be Wise And Plan For Retirement
March 2, 2017
Whether you’re on the cusp or it’s a far off fantasy, retirement requires thought and planning: how to fill your time, how to find meaning and perhaps most practically, how to keep your funds from disappearing too fast. There’s an entertaining and informative documentary now on-line that may jumpstart your thinking….
Now You’re Talking: Medicare Payments For End-Of-Life Discussions
February 20, 2017
Physicians have historically been uncomfortable initiating conversations about end-of-life care with their patients. Such communication requires tact, sensitivity and, of course, time. In 2016, however, physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants were given the authority to bill Medicare to conduct these challenging discussions, thus allowing providers to carve out discreet time…
The Games We Play: The Joy And Value Of Senior Sports
February 9, 2017
Happiness. Meaning. Companionship. These are not always words you associate with physical exercise. But participants in The Senior Games can tell you that playing sports and competing, even at an old age, can be one of the great pleasures of life. Even those never athletic in their earlier days can come…