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 [...]
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 [...]
If politics and ideology were not part of the issue, I believe pre-boomers could come together and find a practical, common-sense solution for dealing with climate change, greenhouse gases and preserving our planet for the health and well-being of our grand children and the generations to follow.
We grew up in an era when factories belching [...]
During WWII the country was wildly patriotic. The USA was fighting a war on two fronts. We were the Calvary called in to rescue Europe and the defender of honor and pride in the Pacific Theatre. People here cheered our successes, respectfully mourned those lost in battle and the topic of conversation was usually centered [...]
Watch a few news shows on television and you’ll see lots of commercials aimed at seniors. This is not unusual. Advertisers with products and services appealing to a mature audience know a disproportionate number of this demographic group can be reached with this type of programming. However, what’s disconcerting to me as a pre-boomer is [...]
