| If you're a Boomer, as I am, you should know by | | | | business are going down -- how are you going to |
| now that nothing our federal government | | | | make ends meet? |
| promises can be counted on. They sent us into | | | | Here are some tips to help you cut your health |
| wars like Vietnam for reasons that never made | | | | care expenses, if you can't or won't move to |
| any sense--and still don't. They gave our veterans | | | | another country: |
| disgraceful treatment in the Walter Reed Army | | | | * Get serious about improving your health: Quit |
| Medical Hospital. They have run our Social Security | | | | smoking, lose weight, manage stress, end toxic |
| Trust Fund like it was their personal slush fund -- | | | | relationships |
| any private business that spent, rather than | | | | * Start a regular exercise program, such as taking |
| invested, such a fund would be called a Ponzi | | | | a brisk walk for 30-45 minutes each day |
| Scheme and prosecuted. | | | | * Look into converting to a vegetarian or vegan |
| In this economic "recession," it's a big question | | | | diet: Vegetarians live longer with less chronic |
| mark whether Social Security and Medicare will | | | | disease |
| even pay us back the money we've paid in. | | | | * Learn to use high-quality nutritional supplements |
| My point is that depending on the folks in | | | | to take the place of expensive drugs, under the |
| Washington to control and actually reduce the | | | | care of a doctor familiar with nutritional medicine |
| health care costs for the average American is | | | | * Find something to do that makes you happy |
| totally absurd. I don't have to read the bill that's | | | | It's not too late to make improvements in your |
| being debated in Congress now to be able to tell | | | | health, if you're still breathing. The very act of |
| you with full confidence: "It ain't gonna happen!" | | | | making an effort will make you feel better. Small |
| So, what are you going to do to limit your own | | | | improvements made daily can snowball into |
| need for expensive and possibly rationed health | | | | something significant over the many more years |
| care services in the years of your retirement? | | | | you have to live. |
| Pray? Hope for the best? Move to some foreign | | | | You can't control health care costs. You can, |
| country that offers reasonably-priced medical | | | | however, influence your personal health from here |
| care? | | | | on out. Don't count on someone out there in |
| You probably have heard that health care | | | | Washington, DC, to miraculously make it all more |
| expenses are rising faster than any other cost | | | | affordable again. You will likely be disappointed. |
| you will face in retirement -- and since the value | | | | Get busy on your own Health Care Plan B. Start |
| of your stock portfolio and your home and your | | | | today! |