Disability Insurance Trends: The Impact Of The Economy And A Changing Workforce
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As the U.S. economy emerges from the Great Recession, American employees face a long financial recovery. The hardships resulting from the drop in employment depleted 15 years of net worth from the middle class. This loss of personal wealth has manifested itself in a number of ways — and has had a major impact on employers as the demographic makeup and behaviors of their employees are changing.
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Check out the lastest from the U.S.Department of Health & Human Services on “Live well. Learn how.

​healthfinder.gov Today’s Headlines.

The new Medicare Trustees report is a mix of good and bad news.

The good news is the modest improvement in Medicare’s long-term financial outlook — with the hospital insurance trust fund now expected to run out of funds in 2026, rather than 2024, as predicted last year. The program has been operating in the red since 2008. The bad news is: The financial outlook is still bleak.
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Life insurance is for everyone, seniors included.

By James Parsley. There’s a lot of misconceptions floating around out there about life insurance, especially Senior Life Insurance. Far too often, people accept what they hear at face value.
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Here are the most common myths about senior life insurance, and what the reality is.
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​By James Parsley – There’s never a bad time to purchase life insurance. Seniors are likely contemplating buying some form of life insurance as part of handling the autumn of their lives.

But it can be hard to sort what’s a good idea and what may not be suited for you. Here are the basics, and the upsides and downsides, to both kinds of policies.
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Starting in 2014, as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), health insurance coverage for individuals and small businesses will become available through new state health insurance marketplaces.


Washington state will offer a state-based exchange called Washington Health Plan Finder (http://wahbexchange.org).