All posts by The Senior Voice

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  For-Profit Hospitals

  Unless you have very good insurance, you’d better avoid them. Some have raised their prices over 1,000%. See what’s happening in the September story on page 8.

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Specialty Drugs

  Most Americans value the prescription products the drug industry produces, but they don’t like the prices and want the federal government to take action. Page 5, September issue.

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  A Wild West Town

  Silverton residents were snowbound for 73 days. Residents were down to their last few cups of flour. See what happened on page 2 of the August issue.

  • Posted August 1, 2015
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  Remembering Will Rogers

      “My little jokes don’t do any harm. But every time Congress makes a joke, it’s a law. And every time they make a law, it’s a joke.” Read about America’s favorite early humorist on page...

  • Posted August 1, 2015
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  Health Insurance

  Are the state and federal websites really helping people get the insurance they need? And can they get insurance they can afford? See page 9 of the August issue.

  • Posted August 1, 2015
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  High Drug Costs

  More states are stepping up to cushion the financial pain for patients who need medicines that can cost up to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Find out what’s happening, page 7 in the August issue.

  • Posted August 1, 2015
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  The Devil Is in That Bottle

  It was the last “dry” town in Colorado. See this story of an unusual pioneer town, page 2 of the July issue.

  • Posted July 4, 2015
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  High Drug Costs

  Specialty drugs to treat cancer and some other life-threatening diseases are so expensive many patients cannot afford them—$1,000 or more per pill. Page 6 of the July issue.

  • Posted July 4, 2015
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  Rocky Mountain Jim

    The gunshot should have killed him immediately but didn’t. Years later, Isabella claimed his ghost appeared before her. See page 7 of the July issue.

  • Posted July 3, 2015
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  The New Doctoring

  How good—and safe—is the new digital medicine where doctors and hospitals rely heavily on computerized systems for diagnosis and treatment of patients? Page 11 in the July issue.

  • Posted July 3, 2015
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