Small Business Boomers

If the proposed Obamacare (Obama’s health care law) is passed, Boomers could be on their way to extinction.  According to Obama’s own words, pain pills should be dispensed rather than medical procedures that will prolong and improve the life of the elderly.
Boomers are gravitating into that category called “elderly” as they pass age 65.  The plan includes counseling on end of life procedures for Boomers rather than on medical ones to continue life if someone in an administrative position deems you unworthy to receive care. In other words, if your prolonged life is not cost effective…your productivity, when compared to …read more

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A lot of younger workers are standing around wondering if we baby boomers are ever going to retire. After all, they can do the jobs so much better and faster, and youth trumps experience, right?
But it looks like the recession, tight housing market, and health care concerns are keeping baby boomers from retiring. A recent Business Week article focuses on why baby boomers aren’t retiring as expected.
The biggest reason:  We can’t afford it.  With higher prices, falling retirement fund values, higher costs of health care, it just doesn’t make economic sense for a lot of people.
We should all …read more

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Miki Saxon over at Leadership Turn has a great series on the current situation in U.S. healthcare, with several posts on “U.S. healthcare leadership – an oxymoron.” 
Since we Baby Boomers certainly have a vested interest in this subject, get over to Miki’s site and let her know what you think.
I’m still in the process of checking on individual healthcare insurance, and I’ll report on that in the upcoming week.

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