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Health Cost Freight Train Roaring Toward Boomers
By Allison BellAlicia Munnell wishes she could persuade policymakers to pay more attention to the rising cost of health care.Today, the most visible health finance reform efforts ...
April 18, 2008
LTC Awareness Week gets boost from insurersLong-term care awareness week will receive additional support this year, with the backing of 10 of the industry's leading insurers. Jesse Slome, executive director of the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance, the organization that
April 18, 2008
AALTCI announces LTCI price indexAs the need for more people to cover themselves for long term care increases, it appears more people are getting the message, and they are getting it at a younger age. The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance says two things are
April 18, 2008
Private Medicare plans cost morePrivatization of Medicare plans was billed as a way to save the program money. But according to a Commonwealth Fund study, the private plans cost an additional $5.2 billion in extra payments. In 2005, private Medicare Advantage plans were paid an
April 18, 2008
Interview with Jack LaLanne and Matthew J. RettickAt age 94 fitness guru Jack LaLanne shows no signs of slowing down. He was in New York City last month promoting his new book, "Fiscal Fitness: 8 Steps to Wealth & Health from America's Leaders in Fitness and Finance."
April 17, 2008
AALTCI announces LTCI price indexAs the need for more people to cover themselves for long term care increases, it appears more people are getting the message, and they are getting it at a younger age. The American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance says two things are
April 17, 2008
A challenge to debunked VA mythsPerhaps in response to ("8 variable annuity myths," SMA Feb. 2007) Mr. Huggard's eight VA myths answered with half-truths, I should write my own that will fare better with the NASD. Myth #1: You don't pay a commission for a VA. If you tell a
April 17, 2008
Medicare cuts to affect seniorsThe American Medical Association surveyed nearly 9,000 physicians earlier this year and discovered that seniors are going to find it more difficult to get medical care when Medicare cuts go into effect next year. That's because doctors are going to