Ever heard of stories about old people storing their life savings in shoe boxes or some hole in the wall of their homes? Financially, thats a bad move for several reasons. What if the house burnt down? Shoe boxes cant protect those bills from fire. And letting all that cash sleep without earning interest is just wasted opportunity. Here are some ideas on what to do with the money.
Consider diversifying. If you have enough money in your savings account. Consider diversifying where you place it.
Today’s headlines include reports about the outcome of Super Tuesday primaries and other health policy developments.
Kaiser Health News: Medicare Hopes To Combat Fraud With Billing Statements That Beneficiaries Can Understand Reporting for Kaiser Health News in collaboration with The Washington Post, Susan Jaffe writes: “In the latest effort to enlist seniors in the fight against Medicare fraud, federal officials have overhauled Medicare billing statements to make it easier to find bogus charges without a magnifying glass” (Jaffe, 3/7).
Kaiser Health News: Electronic Intensive Care Unit Expands In Alaska Alaska Public Radio’s Annie Feidt, working in partnership with Kaiser Health News and NPR, reports: “Frances Lynch is used to the active life of a bedside nurse.
As a registered dietitian I have spent as much time battling wacky weight loss diets as my clients have spent trying to lose weight. Sure, it would be great if you could “lose weight while you sleep” as one fad diet promised, but that’s simply not possible. It’s just another empty promise that can do more harm than good in the end.
How can you tell if a fad diet is bad for you? Any diet that puts your health in jeopardy for the sake of losing weight is not good. And sometimes you can tell just by the name!
In honor of National Nutrition Month this March, I’d like to expose some of the fad diets from the past so you won’t be as likely to fall for them in the future. I
Study: More People Go To ER For Dental Work
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A toothache may not seem like reason enough to go to a hospital emergency room, but a new study found more people are going there for dental care.
The study by the Pew Center for Research found a variety of reasons for the problem, from patients being uninsured to areas having too few dentists.
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