When the news comes, when those words are spoken, your lives are never the same. The words themselves are always different, but their meaning is the same: death is on its way. Your partner in life, the one you love in so many deeply rooted ways, is going to suffer through an illness and ... Views: 1349
There exists a great irony in 21st century North America. Overall we are living longer, staying healthier, and remaining active far into our senior years; however, we are increasingly obsessed with preventing aging and convinced that we must stave off death. You can't open a newspaper without ... Views: 1172
When comparing drug coverage options, its is important to know that it depends on how you receive your Medicare. Those who subscribe to Original Medicare have the option of receiving their drug coverage via Medicare's stand-alone PDP (Prescription Drug Plan). The other option is if you subscribe ... Views: 1306
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also called Obamacare, has been one of the most hotly contested pieces of legislation in recent memory. Fewer laws have created such intense, angry debate, and fewer still have cut so deeply into so many different aspects of American belief ... Views: 1437
Medicare is a form of health insurance that is available to United States citizens who are 65 years old or more, as well as to certain people with disabilities or end-stage renal disease. The basic program is set by the American government to cover very specific situations, such as hospital ... Views: 1550
Medicare Part D is the prescription drug portion of the new Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Part D was designed to subsidize the costs of most medications issued to US citizens, where there are some of the highest prices of prescription drugs in the ... Views: 822
Have you ever been trying on a piece of clothing in a department store dressing room and spotted a sign warning shoppers about the consequences of stealing? Shoplifting is a fairly high profile crime costing both businesses and taxpayers increasingly large amounts of money annually. The ... Views: 1044
Aging is an inevitability built in to all of our lives since birth, always looming in the distance and getting closer as the years go by. The deterioration of one's health is a process that occurs in unison with our advancing years. While science, technology and medicine have yet to jointly ... Views: 793