Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health – Medicare and Caregivers
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Medicare was written when we lived for shorter periods of time and long term care was not common. Things have changed. But most expenses associated with caregiving are still not covered by medicare and unless the law is rewritten, will not be. But medicare is reaching out to caregivers with infomation that may help short of paying for it. Remember that medicare does not have a long term care provision.
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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health – Insulin Myths
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The John Hopkins Health Alerts newsletter discussed 5 common myths and misconceptions about insulin therapy for Diabetes.
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Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Health – Warning System for Artificail Joints
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Countries like Australia, Britain, Norway and Sweden have a national registry for joint replacement. The U.S. does not! The U.S. does the most joint replacements in the world but does not follow the outcomes of these patients to learn what works best. Why not – busy doctors hate paperwork, plaintiffs' lawyers would mine the database for cases, general hospitals would be unfairly compared with specialty ones and other reasons.
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