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  We talk a lot about saving for retirement on this site but what we don’t talk about a lot are some of the mistakes people make in saving for retirement.

  Medicaid allows you to have $2000 in assets.  Those assets include savings, checking and cash on hand but many people forget about life insurance policies when they are calculating their assets.  Depending upon the type of policy involved, it too can count as an asset. 

October is coming and there’s going to be a lot of push from states and the Obama administration to get uninsured Americans to enroll in health coverage but if you are eligible for Medicare, stick your fingers in your ears and hum loudly because the ads aren’t for you.  Officials are concerned about the number…

  Baby Boomers are more likely to have taken on debt and experienced financial insecurity than their parent’s generation. One major source of that debt lies in part due to the ease in obtaining loans for significantly more expensive houses and in making smaller down payments than previous generations. As of December 2011, 16 percent…

  It is true at any stage of life, but particularly true in the later stages of life – mobility is decreased by excess weight. The issues can become so serious that if the weight is not dropped it can be the tipping point between aging at home or institutional care. The good news is…