Insurance
USAToday, May 16th, 2008Patty Stewart of Redlands, Calif., is beginning to think she won't be able to retire at 65. Or 67. Or possibly ever.
Like millions of other people, Stewart is
counting on her 401(k) and her home equity to pay for retirement.
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L.A. Chronicle, April 20th, 2008Many seniors have taken out a reverse mortgage and are enjoying the
benefits of receiving cash from the equity in their home. However, many
still find, for various reasons, that the money they receive is still
not enough.
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Center for retirement research at Boston College, February 2008As the baby boomers begin to retire, a great deal remains unknown about
the evolution of wealth toward the end of life. In this paper, we
develop a new measure of household resources that
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The New York Daily News, July 30th, 2007Someone out there wants to place a bet on when you're going to die -
and they're willing to hand you a chunk of cash now, while you're still
alive.
This fast-growing business allows seniors to raise quick
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Minneapolis Star-Tribune, April 28th, 2007Ten years ago, my dad brought together my two older brothers, my older
sister and me for a family meeting. Dad had recently placed Mom into
the Alzheimer's unit in a nursing home after wrenching years of
forgetfulness,
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The Ft. Collins Coloradoan, February 25th, 2006
Viatical settlements gained popularity in the 1980s as a source of cash for
terminally ill life insurance policyholders.
In the 1990s, viatical settlements gave rise to life settlements. Life
settlements
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The Reporter, November 14th, 2006A recent letter
writer expresses his unhappiness with the current increases in health
plan rates ("50 percent rate hike excessive," The Reporter, Nov. 10).
Here's some information that will ease the pain but will not
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PR Web, September 19th, 2006According to Daniel Katz, Vice President of Operations for Settlements for Life,
senior citizens who are contemplating cashing in their life insurance
policies could receive 5 times or more than the cash value of their
policy
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Senate Rejects Bill on Low-Cost Insurance for Small-Business Employees
WebMD.com, May 12th, 2006
The Senate turned away a bill Thursday that would have let small
businesses join together to buy lower-cost medical insurance for
workers.
The bill
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As pension plans dissapear, responsable companies digging deeper
MSNBC, May 10th, 2006
Whether you view it as a betrayal of workers
or as an economic necessity, the traditional pension plan appears
destined for extinction as more companies move
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Houston Chronicle, May 9th, 2006
Senate Democrats threatened Tuesday to filibuster Republican-backed
legislation they said would scale back health insurance for millions.
Republicans said the measure would allow small businesses to offer
coverage
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The New York Times, April 29th, 2006
Two companies, UnitedHealth Group and Humana, have captured nearly half of the
vast new market for prescription drug insurance under Medicare, according to new
data issued Friday by the Bush administration.
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NYTimes.com, April 4th, 2006
Massachusetts is poised to become the first state to provide nearly universal
health care coverage with a bill passed overwhelmingly by the legislature
Tuesday that Gov. Mitt Romney says he will sign.
The bill does
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The McKinsley Quarterly, March 8th, 2006
Consumers are bearing more retirement-related risk than
they have at any time since the creation of the modern welfare state. Many
employers have already shifted from defined-benefit to defined-contribution
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AARP, March 8th, 2006
Compared with a decade ago, the state of 50+ America seems to have improved,
but AARP’s third annual “report card” on the quality of life of midlife and
older Americans finds that the picture has become less favorable and the
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