by CDA Inc | Sep 3, 2015 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
In about a month the Medicare open enrollment period begins again. Media blitzes will begin and we will all be bombarded with information designed to unsettle us. So who should be concerned? This enrollment process affects individuals who are Medicare eligible, but...
by CDA Inc | Sep 1, 2015 | Risk Management
What should we do??? No matter which way the markets go it will be safe to assume that living expenses will continue to rise and that it is our responsibility to be sure we have enough pennies saved to cover what lies ahead. So what is our best road to success and...
by CDA Inc | Aug 28, 2015 | Group
How many of you have vacationed with extended family? How did that go? There are still a few weeks left of summer and the resorts, parks, beaches and attractions across America are jammed with tourists (not to mention the highways). Everyone is trying to squeeze as...
by CDA Inc | Aug 27, 2015 | Risk Management
And will the rising tide lift all boats? Equally? The past few days should have been a wake-up call for a lot of us. Financial markets dropped like the surprise dip in a roller coaster. How did we feel about that? Some of us took the opportunity to review our...
by CDA Inc | Aug 25, 2015 | Risk Management
There is an old expression that bears reviewing right now: A rising tide lifts all boats. So what happens when the tide goes out? Perhaps we get to see the condition of the boats below the water level. Certainly the tide of market performance is going out as we are...
by CDA Inc | Aug 21, 2015 | Long Term Care, Risk Management
As automobile options have changed over the years, so have options for medical treatment. Conditions that required invasive surgery in the past are now handled on an outpatient basis with minimal recovery time. Cures that were inconceivable a few decades ago are...
by CDA Inc | Aug 18, 2015 | Long Term Care, Risk Management
As luck would have it, my wonderful trip to New York delivered me with the creeping crud which we all suffered so much when we lived there. Ice cold plane rides up and back, freezing conference rooms where even the men were commenting on the chill and a hotel room set...
by CDA Inc | Aug 14, 2015 | Individual
When I was still young and impressionable, and before I grew “too big for my britches”, my parents drew from a vast arsenal of educational tools to point me in the right direction. Some of their favorite tools were the “truths” that all of us have heard from time to...
by CDA Inc | Aug 13, 2015 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
Who knew that turning 26 and turning 65 were such important milestones??? What do these ages have in common? When we reach them we are supposed to know that we are facing a major transition in our health insurance! When we turn 26 we are automatically removed from our...
by CDA Inc | Aug 11, 2015 | Insurance, Long Term Care, Risk Management
We are approaching Medicare open enrollment and I thought it might be interesting to share a few of the comments I have heard this year. Check your answers against mine: My Medicare card will appear in the mail when I am eligible to enroll: NOT NECESSARILY. If you are...
