This likely comes as no surprise to many Americans: If you’ve had an accident, you have a higher chance of dying if you don’t have insurance than if you do, research confirms.
With millions of Americans uninsured and with the raging debate regarding healthcare reform in the United States, it’s important to look at all issues involved in the health of people who are not insured, compared with those who are. How many million? In 2007, it was over 45 million.
Researchers from the Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School looked into the differences of life and death following a traumatic …read more

Last week, reviewed a book called America, Welcome to the Poorhouse: What YOU must do to protect your financial future and the reform we need by Jane White. I asked a few more questions about White’s book, and asked her to weigh in on the current health care debate — even though it isn’t covered in her book.
Your 401k isn’t enough
One of the things that White points out is that your 401k probably isn’t enough to retire on:
“Unless they are the tiny percentage of the workforce that has long job tenure at a company that still offers an old-fashioned pension, …read more

Long-term health care legislation could introduce another automatic savings plan.