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HELP LINE: There are ways to get extra help
MONEY, MONEY MONEY.
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HELP LINE: Documents for decisions when you can’t make them
THOSE OF US who have been mucking about in these columns for years are probably fairly aware of…
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HELP LINE: Use Medicare to avoid using Medicare
I CONCLUDED LAST week’s column with “Medicare happens,” implying that we were finished, at least for the time…
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HELP LINE: Don’t panic and remember: Medicare happens
THIS IS WEEK No. 3 of describing the Medicare Machine.
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When is the time right to enroll in Medicare?
TODAY IS MARCH 26, 2017, and in the interests of “full disclosure” (which almost never happens in the…
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HELP LINE: How to avoid the Medicare penalty
DESPITE A LOT of good advice to the contrary, almost all of us seem to be getting older…
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HELP LINE: Tax question answers provided
ARE WE SETTLING into the idea that it’s 2017? Have we stopped writing checks dated 2016?
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HELP LINE: When you’re sad, remember the love you’ve experienced
YES, I DO know that Tuesday is Valentine’s Day.
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HELP LINE: Five questions to ask during doctor visits
LAST WEEK, WHILE whining about the whole Medicare “observation vs. admission” debacle, I concluded the column with, “So,…
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HELP LINE: Tax-Aide volunteers available again this year
AFTER ALL THESE years, there’s a reason that we insist on continuing to call this little weekly effort…
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HELP LINE: Remember to be careful online
AS IT HAPPENS, I don’t engage in social media — not because I think there’s something wrong with…
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HELP LINE: What to do if you miss open enrollment
THIS IS ONE of those columns, meaning it won’t touch all of us, so it’ll be easy to…
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HELP LINE: Resolution suggestions for the unresolved
HERE WE ARE on Jan. 8 and while some of us are actually succeeding in achieving our 2017…
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HELP LINE: Not feeling merry? Try faking it
IT’S CHRISTMAS DAY 2016, which is a rather big deal, regardless of your religious or philosophical orientation.
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HELP LINE: For gifts, think about what elders need
THIS IS NORMALLY the time of the year when I’ve occasionally provided abnormal Christmas shopping lists for the…
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HELP LINE: A new rule comes down for nursing homes
BEING A LEO and an only child, it probably doesn’t take an advanced degree in psychology to figure…