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6 Ways for Baby Boomers to Find Affordable Healthcare

6 Ways for Baby Boomers to Find Affordable Healthcare

| March 2, 2013 | 1 Comment

A lot of us are in a tough place for healthcare. Ready to retire, meaning, no more insurance through our jobs … but we’re not old enough yet for Medicare.

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The Humor and Pain of Baby Boomers Keeping in Shape

The Humor and Pain of Baby Boomers Keeping in Shape

| February 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

Someone once said, ‘It would be nice to die young … at an old age.’ BoomerCafé contributor Larry Lefkowitz has that in his future. But as he writes, it’s not always fun.

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An active lifestyle is a way to stay fit and keep feeling young

An active lifestyle is a way to stay fit and keep feeling young

| August 31, 2012 | 5 Comments

If BoomerCafé is all about baby boomers’ active lifestyles, you probably can’t get much more active than one leading-edge boomer, our own co-founder and executive editor Greg Dobbs. He isn’t just active for the sake of it; for him, it’s the only way to stay young.

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8 Tips to Control Medication Costs

8 Tips to Control Medication Costs

| April 12, 2012 | 0 Comments

According to data from the Department of Health and Human Services, almost half of the population over 65 takes three or more drugs per day, and we’re not talking medical marijuana here. Kate Forgach is a Baby Boomer consumer specialist for Kinoli Inc. who writes on such topics for Cooperative Extension.

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Contrasting emergency healthcare in Europe versus in the U.S.

Contrasting emergency healthcare in Europe versus in the U.S.

| February 23, 2012 | 17 Comments

BoomerCafé Co-Founder and Executive Editor Greg Dobbs, himself a baby boomer, was in Belfast, Northern Ireland, recently on a TV news assignment … only to end up in an emergency room with a serious, life-threatening condition. The experience has given him a unique, first-hand perspective of healthcare in Europe versus in the U.S.

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Baby Boomers to Gain Most From Health Care Reform

| December 15, 2010 | 1 Comment

America’s Baby Boomers may be poised to benefit the most from health-care reform, a new report shows.

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