Kangaroo Attacks Elderly Woman; Chased Away By Pet Dog–Yahoo headline, 7/19/2008
Saturday, July 19th, 2008This is what I saw…
Archive for the 'Elderly' Category
Maybe, the insurance story didn’t get to you. How’s this?
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008PAGE ONE
SOCIAL INSECURITY
High-Interest Lenders
Tap Elderly, Disabled
By ELLEN E. SCHULTZ and THEO FRANCIS
February 12, 2008; Page A1
DOTHAN, Ala. — One recent morning, dozens of elderly and disabled people, some propped on walkers and canes, gathered at Small Loans Inc. Many had borrowed money from Small Loans and turned over their Social Security benefits to pay back […]
Haven’t we had our fair share of sleaze already?
Saturday, May 26th, 2007May 26, 2007
The New York Times
Suit Sheds Light on Clintons’ Ties to a Benefactor
By MIKE McINTIRE
When former President Bill Clinton and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton took a family vacation in January 2002 to Acapulco, Mexico, one of their longtime supporters, Vinod Gupta, provided his company’s private jet to fly them there.
The company, infoUSA, one of […]
“Live larger…Big-no, make that “bigger…”
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007March 26, 2007
Aged, Frail and Denied Care by Their Insurers
By CHARLES DUHIGG
The New York Times
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Jacqueline Wheeler with her mother Mary Derks, who bought a long-term-care policy from Conseco, which denied coverage. ( Anne Sherwood for The New York Times)
CONRAD, Mont. — Mary Rose Derks was a 65-year-old widow in 1990, when she began preparing for […]