A recent study by researchers at UC San Diego and Yale found that friends are closer to family than...
Health and financial security
Hospitals poor on patient safety that you might want to avoid
You should think twice before using hospitals poor on patient safety. Medicare recently penalized...
Fed survey highlights financial stress of Americans
A 2013 survey by the Federal Reserve shows that a significant portion of the U.S. population...
US News and World Reports: 2014 Best Hospitals in America
What are the best hospitals in America? US News and World Reports released its answer for 2014...
Some sobering data on people over 65 in the US
Recently, the Census Bureau released a report on the population of people over 65 in the US and...
Higher proportion of people over 65 in the U.S. are working
Not only are Americans in their 40s and 50’s expecting to work past 65 today, but today many more...
Older adults are rising up for financial security: Are you ready...
As their cost of living grows while their incomes remain flat, older adults in the US and abroad...
Debt collection is a serious concern for older Americans
Debt collection has become a big business, with 30 million Americans (14.6 percent) having at least...
How our health care system hurts millions of working people
A recent Health Affairs post by Uwe Reinhardt explains why the government’s support of health...
US rations care based on ability to pay
Making insured Americans pay high deductibles and large amounts in coinsurance and copays before...