
In this Issue:
The National Consumer Law Center's report, "Unhealthy Pursuits: How the Sick and the Vulnerable are Harmed by Abusive Medical Debt Collection Tactics," documents a considerable patturn of abuses by health providers attempting to collect debts from people who cannot pay their debts.
As the slowed economy swells the numbers of unemployed and unisured, more people are getting help from prescription drug-assistance programs normally aimed at providing medications to the poorest Americans.
As many as 98,000 people die in U.S. hospitals each year as a result of medical errors. According to an Institute of Medicine report. Some 99,000 people die each year from infections aquired in the hospital, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
My clients often ask for my financial advice despite not being a financial advisor. Seniors want an unbiased perspective and unfortunately sales commissions make many financial advisors hungry to sell financial products rather than assist seniors with their financial needs.
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