Like so many others, I’ve been studying the family spending in search of savings. Who knew that I could cut $1,300 in spending AND receive a positive outcome from a little in-home social experiment. The Target Our cable television bill. $110 a month, and as the expression goes, hundreds of channels and nothing to...
Our Healthcare Consumer Explains Why Home Medical Products Are Exorbitant Keith is a wheelchair user who writes that he is appalled at the prices often charged for items supplied to the disabled. As an example, a replacement battery charger for his power wheelchair was billed at over $480 and he was personally responsible for...
While much has been written about the H1N1 “swine fluâ€, we think some concise information is worth providing.  Flu activity is widespread- it has essentially affected residents of every state. The H1N1 strain of flu virus is turning out to be the perfect storm of illnesses because for certain high-risk groups of people it...
Last week I talked about the role that hospice played in the last months of my mother’s life. If you spent even 30 minutes with her, the first words you would use to describe her would be “in charge.†She was in charge of her life. So it wasn’t a surprise to my sister,...