Life Done Right™

There are lots of way to get screwed in the world. Some are self-inflicted out of ignorance, others are the result of greed, and more than likely some are the work of a demented mind that finds it acceptable to take advantage of another human being for their own gain. Add to the list [...]

It sounds good, doesn’t: the medical costs for seniors is increasing at a slower rate than for those poor suckers who are under 65. Gee, why is that? Our guess: The Bush administration has allowed the health care and insurance industry to shift the cost burden onto working stiffs who have no clue of how [...]

Caring for seniors as the reach the age of dependence usually falls on nursing homes or hospitals. The cost of this care is expensive. Evercare, a health insurance company, thinks nurse practitioners may be one answer to reducing this cost. Of course, you have to pay Evercare a premium for this service. Remember our motto: [...]

There’s something about the insurance industry that reminds me of smelling dog shit on my shoe. Premiums are the dog shit, in case you need a footnote. Now imagine a world where the insurance industry bullies the Congress and Senate to subsidize their crappy supplemental Medicare insurance programs. Voila! Is there no end to President [...]

When you read about how colleges slipped into bed with banks to offer student loans for a piece of the action, all the while denying it had any influence over the way a financial aid package was subsequently put together, you can’t help but wonder about the value of a college degree today. We are [...]

NPR recently ran on a story on medical tourism. That’s a misnomer to me. People seeking medical care at prices that are far below those charged in the United States are not tourists; they are smart consumers tired of getting raped by the insurance companies at the expense of their own health. I’ll bet they [...]

Kaiser Permanente wants to know if you “want peace of mind at a price you can afford.” To convey this peace of mind, they have carefully chosen the word “thrive” as a metaphor for your health and well-being. You can’t thrive, after all, if your puffing 30 cigarettes a day or suffering from diabetes.
But [...]

Free always seems like a loaded word. Is anything really free in the world? You can play in the park for free, but wait, isn’t there some guy cutting grass on a riding lawn mower. He’s paid by the city who in turn collects property taxes.
So you can imagine our skepticism when we read [...]

While Michael Moore films his latest documentary, Sicko, about America’s health care system, filmmaker Dieter Wedel has already beat him to the punch with Mein Alter Freund Fritz (My Old Friend Fritz). It’s a film about “a highly successful physician who has stopped caring about patients and frets mainly about hospital profits.” Imagine that: a [...]

Those who claim the sky is falling may need to get themself a telescope to realize that so-called sky extends billions of light years away. Medicare and Medicaid, on the other hand, are nasty asteroids whose size grows bigger by the Bush minute. Will they impact the U.S.? Stay tuned for Election 2006 for the [...]

These are patent applications that have received preliminary approval. Catch a glimpse of the future. Now all they require is someone to invest in them.
Insurance plan
A list of people committed to donating their own organs, in the event of their own death, to other people on the list of people. A person on the list [...]

It’s one thing to possess the desire to discover gold; it’s quite another to find a map that locates where to find the damn stuff. The insurance industry now thinks they are in possession of the map. The proverbial X on the map lies in the heart of Baby Boomer territory.
According to Braden, the forces [...]

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Through discussions, interactive audience Q&A and keynote presentations the successful applications of innovation in healthcare are demonstrated and [...]

Who knew it was so difficult being a white male over 65? This is a startling report that reveals how old age has a terrible effect on the human psyche. It should make everyone think twice about staying in touch with your family.
Elderly white males are more likely to kill themselves than any other group, [...]

At first the headline that older drivers are being blatantly discriminated against sounds like real fodder for somene who enjoys tilting at political windmills. But then your discover that this statement is being made by an insurance company. Hmmmm, we’re not making any bold statement about self-interest, here, but it strikes us as just a [...]

Marketers, in the end, are natural born storytellers. It’s not that the story they tell has to always be faithful to the facts; it just needs to be in the ballpark of human experience. Since every good story requires a suspension of disbelief, what better way to achieve that page-turner effect than by making life [...]

The Ethicist is a weekly column that runs in the Magazine of the Sunday New York Times. The column tackles moral dilemmas that confront people on a daily basis. I guess the column replaces asking these questions of your religious leaders. Morality is an equal opportunity for anyone who cares to suffer the burden of [...]

Need to buy a car? Need to finance that purchase? If you live in South Africa, you may want to think twice about getting that money from a company called Stannic.
Watch their ad and you’ll see that if you’re a senior, the act of using a computer is so foreign that you may need [...]

Take a good look at that stag in the Hartford’s logo. Does it arouse warm and fuzzy feelings of protection — the sense that you can go to sleep at night and not worry about whether bad things will happen while you dream about that upcoming vacation.
In fact, do you spend more time [...]

Fidelity Investments has some depressing news. Couples 65 and over will need a minimum of $200,000 to pay for basic medical coverage. Note that word, “basic.” That probably refers to a person who never gets sick, except for an occasional cold, and lives a fairly affluent life. For the “rest” of retirees, you better buy [...]