Medicare scammed out of $1.7 billion
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Scammers have billed Medicare $1.7 billion in phony invoices for selling hundreds of thousands of us pieces of medical equipment we don’t need. Federal agencies ... Continue Reading →
What have studies learned about us?
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We seniors must be fascinating to researchers because it seems they’re always studying us. Here are a few things they’ve learned through Pew Research ... Continue Reading →
Get help deciding where to retire
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If you plan to move when you retire, where will you go? What is important to you, and how will you decide? U.S. News & World Report, working with Aetna, has ... Continue Reading →
New shingles vaccine can be hard to find
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Ninety-nine percent of us over the age of 40 had chickenpox when we were kids. That virus is still in our bodies … and it can reactivate at any ... Continue Reading →
Some file taxes on a cellphone
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A recent newspaper story told of two senior women who were coaxed into an experiment, e-filing their taxes on their cellphone and tablet. E-filing apparently is ... Continue Reading →
Retirement option is to do nothing
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A show of hands, please: How many of us are doing nothing we’d planned to do once we quit working? How many of us are, more accurately, doing nothing at all?
I ... Continue Reading →
Don’t be seduced by romance scams
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Romance can be lovely … except when it isn’t. Disaster can be part of the package if the new “perfect match” is a scammer. There are far too many ... Continue Reading →
Seniors don’t have to go hungry
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Some things just break your heart …
I was sitting at a traffic light when I saw one of my neighbors go into a pawn shop carrying a bag. This was worrisome, ... Continue Reading →
Seniors most likely to spread fake news
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A recent study concluded that seniors over age 65 pass along fake and bogus Internet news items seven times more often than young adults (18-29) and twice as often ... Continue Reading →
Short on resolutions? Try these on for size
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What are you going to do in 2019? Do you have a list of resolutions all ready to go?
Making a resolution to go to the gym every Monday, Wednesday and Friday is ... Continue Reading →
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