For insight into our frequent frustration with medical care, I urge you to read the graduation speech that surgeon and writer Atul Gawande gave to Harvard students last week. He talked about patient-care issues I hadn’t fully understood, and for which even today’s generation of doctors are apparently not prepared. It will greatly enlarge your [...]
What Jane Says: Health Insurance
What should you do to guarantee yourself access to future medical care? If you’re under 55, talk to your parents or your grandparents. They hold the votes that will decide whether your options will be as good as theirs.
The Republicans, in a recent House budget resolution, offered seniors and Boomers a breathtaking deal. The [...]
- Don’t lose your shirt in a divorce: 10 steps
- POSTED 04.1.11
Modern divorce is not about who was the meanest or who slept where. It’s about the money. Both spouse’s income and assets are – or should be – on the table. But couples don’t always know a lot about each other’s finances, or where to look. They might not even realize how much less they’re [...]
- How to beat “frugal fatigue”: 8 Ways to rightsize your life
- POSTED 03.10.11
Do you have “frugal fatigue?” You’re not alone. Pinching pennies becomes exhausting, year after year. You dream of breaking free and buying everything in sight.
But tiresome as budgets are, consumers haven’t quit them yet. You threw some money around in December, when credit card use bumped up for the first time since the 2008 financial [...]
- Long-term care insurance: 6 ways to buy it right.
- POSTED 11.18.10
You have to pay attention, when MetLife — the Metropolitan Life insurance Company — quits selling long-term care insurance. Aetna, Aegon and Equitable Life have exited, too. Insurers are struggling for profits and pushing prices up. Last month, John Hancock asked the states to let it raise premiums on existing policies by an average of [...]
