The same taxes that provide coverage for retirement or disability provide a life insurance policy that many people never knew they had according to the Social Security Administration.
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Straighten up: Your bad posture might force you into a nursing home
My mom harped on my posture when I was a kid. There were times when I spent nearly as much time wearing an encyclopedia on my head as I did reading it (I was a weird kid and I loved reading encyclopedias).
Why your estate plan should include a prenuptial agreement
Prenuptial agreements used to be the purview of the wealthy but they’ve become increasingly common and as a result so have successful spousal challenges.
Take Advantage of Your Free Medicare Preventative Screenings
The best way to stay healthy is to live a healthy lifestyle. You can live a healthy lifestyle and prevent disease by exercising, eating well, keeping a healthy weight, and not smoking. Medicare can also help keep you healthy.
April is National Parkinson's Awareness Month
April is Parkinson’s disease awareness month. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurological disorder, after Alzheimer’s. As many as 1 million Americans live with Parkinson’s disease with men facing nearly twice the risk of developing the condition as women. And like Alzheimer’s, there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is characterized by … Read more
When a powerful tool becomes lethal to the health of someone you love
Lethal Weapon: It’s not just the title to a good movie. Okay, not everyone likes cop action flicks so my assessment as to its merits might not coincide with yours but what I’m trying to get to is that there are things in our lives that become less dangerous with age and then at some point degenerate back to dangerous territory as we age into elderly.
Caregiving at the end of the road
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about caregiving this week mainly because my mom got one of those phone calls about my grandmother. You know the one where suddenly the usual struggle to care for someone long distance becomes a struggle to get to that person as they take a turn for the worse.
Life expectancy: why Americans aren't living as long as they should
Infant mortality used to be such that a baby born in Sweden could expect to live an average of 32 years if he/she was born in 1800.
Medicaid spend down doesn't have to mean what you think it means
If you have too many resources to qualify for Medicaid, you will need to spend down those assets to become eligible. The obvious way to spend down those assets is to pay for nursing home bills or other medical bills using those assets until you’ve reduced your savings to the point that you’re eligible to qualify for Medicaid. Yet another way however is to convert those countable assets in such a way so that they benefit allowable assets.
Older couples living together without benefit of marriage
There are 1,140 laws that define the rights and responsibilities for married couples that do not cover couples living together according to Sheryl Garrett and Debra Neiman, the authors of Money Without Matrimony: The Unmarried Couple’s Guide to Financial Security.