I am covered by Medicare and also purchase supplemental health insurance, along with prescription coverage, from one of the nation’s better known providers. Recently a letter arrived at my home stating there would be no increase in premiums for the Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) coverage during 2010. However, the next day I received the invoice [...]
The administration recently announced the employment trend is improving, even though unemployment rose again in December. The rationale this optimism is the trend indicates we are losing jobs at a reduced rate. If you or someone you know is included in the 10 percent who are on the unemployment roles or the additional7.5 percent considered [...]
With all the fancy number crunching going on in Washington, it’s hard to give the government any leeway when it comes to creative accounting practices. I’m not calling anyone a liar; however, I do have a hard time believing them. Below are examples that cause me to be skeptical, at best. Read along and see [...]
As a pre-boomer growing up, I collected all kinds of stuff. Stones and sea shells were the first items I stored away. Toy soldiers and emblems from WWII were the fun part of the war. Later it was coins and stamps. As I got into sports, my collection of baseball and football cards was a [...]
Pre-boomers (those born between 1930 and 1945) seem to be harboring a growing fear even despair about the future, especially when it comes to financial matters. This saddens me, because it is my belief that we New Seniors are now the moral compass of America. With our help, the nation should be able to steer [...]
