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Disney Urged To Include Characters With Disabilities
In the history of human storytelling, the flawed hero is as old as the story of Achilles that the ancient Greeks once told one another on the Acropolis hillside. In more modern times, though, and especially writ large on the silver…
Billionaire Urges Disability Hiring
One of the richest people in the world is calling on employers to join him in hiring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and Best Buddies founder Anthony Shriver kicked off a new campaign Tuesday to encourage expanded employment…
7 Things You Must Do To Successfully Prepare For Retirement
With 10,000 boomers turning 65 each day, many eyes are watching the sand in their job hourglasses drain. But before they accept their gold watch — does anyone even get gold watches anymore? — here are seven important things everyone…
Medicare patients pay more for rural hospital services
An electrocardiogram, used to monitor heartbeats, will cost a Medicare patient about $5 at the average hospital but nearly $33 at a rural, critical access hospital. ECGs and nine other frequently provided outpatient services cost from two to six times more…
Thousands affected by Medicaid eligibility change
A change in how eligibility for Medicaid is determined could save Indiana $26 million this fiscal year by pushing thousands of residents off coverage but providing first-time benefits to even more at lower costs. Indiana has abandoned its own eligibility determination…
Ranking Names Best Cities For People With Disabilities
A new ranking is offering insight on the nation’s best and worst places for people with disabilities to call home. Overland Park, Kan. is topping the analysis of the nation’s 150 most populated cities. Also rounding out the list’s top five…
Money Matters: Advice for how to monitor an aging parent’s financial activity
Our mom doesn’t have a lot of money. She is showing early signs of dementia, and we know that we will probably need to help her financially if/when her money runs out. She falls prey to all these requests from…
Will Baby Boomers Sink the Economy and Your Portfolio?
Investing styles and personalities have always run the gamut — from value hounds to growth-stock sleuths and everything in between. As for me, I’m the resident “awfulizer;” while my colleagues dig into financial statements to uncover the next 10-bagger stock,…
Credit Card Upgrades Are Ordered to Protect People’s Data
President Obama signed an executive order on Friday to strengthen security on federally issued credit cards and government payment systems, part of a push to protect Americans from identity theft and fraud after several large-scale data security breaches this year. “You should be able…
3 Strategies for Making Your Retirement Money Last
After decades of saving for retirement, even forward-thinking individuals start to get nervous when the time comes to actually say goodbye to their jobs. With health care costs continuing to rise and lifespans growing longer, the fear of outliving one’s…