Resolved: Arm Yourselves to be Empowered with Information

When you think about it, New Year’s resolutions are all about getting on track. A resolution to lose weight, for instance, is probably not the first such resolution; just the most recent. The New Year brings us the opportunity to focus on getting and staying healthy –...

Time to consider Medicare supplementary plans

Medicare supplemental insurance’s open enrollment started Oct. 15, 2013, and runs through Dec. 7, 2013. This is the time when all Medicare recipients are encouraged to review their health and prescription drug coverage, including any changes in costs, coverage and...

Giving Thanks

It was unintentional but appropriate that enrollment in the Affordable Care Act began the same month as Halloween. The problems in the law’s roll-out have been downright scary.

As I write, however, government officials and contractors are hard at work trying to fix those problems. They expect the repairs to be done by the end of November – right around Thanksgiving, and perhaps that timing is appropriate, too.