You’d think that when you got to be older that things would settle into an easy and pleasant routine. Instead, seniors are subject to more scams than ever, including health care cons. Whatever happened to the time when seniors were revered and held in great esteem? When they were the history and our legends, and stood for progress? When they fought for us to make this nation great and free and lived to tell those […]

A little talked about proposal greatly concerns U.S. seniors; the end-of-life treatment provisions in the Patient Self-Determination Act. When the Patient Self-Determination Act was passed, keeping down the costs at the end of a person’s life was a Medicare and government issue. This is directly due to the fact that the largest part of a person’s medical expenses tends to come at the end of life. This act mandates that health care providers, nursing homes […]

Pamela Longbottom tried to sneak a jawbreaker from her eight-year-old’s bag after returning home from trick-or-treating. Biting into the hard candy provoked a scream of pain, however, and an unexpected trip to their dentist. Having purchased dental coverage from a California Health Insurance agent eventually allowed her to smile again. Pamela Longbottom, a single mom, decided to go out trick-or treating with Morticia, her pale-looking eight-year-old. She was pleasantly surprised when the choice of her […]