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Your Personal Health Plan Begins with a Change
With members of the House on their August recess and Senators soon to follow, politicians are returning home to hear the opinions of the American people on the proposed national health care plan. Because one-half of the funding for the trillion-dollar plan is set to come from reductions in the Medicare program, senior citizens are worried about losing their physicians, their benefits and their medical autonomy. Employees are worried about losing their private insurance as employers consider dropping private plans and moving to the public option. Small business owners are … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, change, crisis, employee, employer, gratitude, House, inertia, insurance, Medicare, national health plan, politician, positive attitude, Sandwiched Boomers, Senate, senior citizen, video
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With 2008 in full swing, perhaps you’ve already had your fill of economic and political predictions by experts and clairvoyants. However, as a Sandwiched Boomer, the following quietly growing trend may surprise you. The results of recent studies indicate that nearly 40% of close to 44 million unpaid caregivers for the elderly are male. The call to honor loved ones is becoming an emerging pattern of male behavior. As you well know, in the past, the bulk of these caretaking responsibilities have been carried out by daughters. Women have left … Continue reading
Posted in aging parents, sandwich generation, stress, well-being, your self
Tagged emerging pattern, male caregivers, Medicare, new trend, Sandwiched Boomers, Social Security
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