Just Peanuts?

Many years ago, I ghost wrote an article to be placed in an insurance company’s monthly publication. Yesterday it surfaced as I was sending several boxes of old files to the shredder. Written on a typewriter (an ancient mechanical device in use when Bill Gates was still in diapers) on now yellowing paper, it is [...]

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Good: Patents on several popular but expensive drugs are expiring over the next several months, meaning their much cheaper generic forms will appear on the scene soon after. Lipitor loses its patent protection in November this year. Actos, a diabetes drug, and Plavix, a blood thinner, will go generic in the next couple years. [...]

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Are You One of “Them”?

7:15 AM, a doting parent/spouse gives family a hug, grabs a piece of toast and hops into the car to head for work…..However, today, instead of driving to work our parent/spouse just keeps right on driving and never returns home again….The kids and remaining spouse never see nor hear from parent/spouse again. This family has [...]

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