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Obamacare may cost cancer patients
By Staff WriterMore people might have access to health care with PPACA, but can they actually afford it?
May 13, 2013
Income-based premiums triple Medicare costs under PPACANew rules put into effect under PPACA can impact retirement income planning in ways your clients might not yet realize, by increasing their Medicare premiums proportionally as income increases.
May 13, 2013
Discrepancy in actual, anticipated health-care expensesPeople should be prepared to spend approximately 30 percent of their income on health care expenses in retirement, 10 percent more than most people anticipate spending.
May 13, 2013
Discrepancy in actual, anticipated health-care expensesPeople should be prepared to spend approximately 30 percent of their income on health care expenses in retirement, 10 percent more than most people anticipate spending.
May 13, 2013
Income protection still a mystery for young workersSome aren't sure whether they have disability insurance. Some don't know what it is.
May 13, 2013
It's scaryA broker says the government is focusing too much on pebbles and too little on boulders.
May 13, 2013
It's scaryA broker says the government is focusing too much on pebbles and too little on boulders.
May 13, 2013
Specialty drugs: What will sick people do?Some states will be asking patients to pay a much higher share of the cost of expensive, brand-name drugs.