All posts by The Senior Voice

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  Memorable Women

    Dell Burke told a friend that the reason she went to the town of Lusk was she thought the name was Lust… Read this story about two unusual frontier women on page 9:

  • Posted April 2, 2014
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  Expensive Co-pays

  Obamacare requires insurance companies to accept patients with chronic conditions, but it does not keep insurers from charging high co-pays for those patients’ expensive medicines… See page 8:  

  • Posted April 2, 2014
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  Famous Trail

  The Oregon Trail across Wyoming was the greatest pioneer route in our nation’s history. It was used by more than 350,000 people in the mid-1800s traveling by covered wagon, horseback and on foot to settle the West....

  • Posted March 5, 2014
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  Mammograms

  Adding to the controversy about mammograms, a recent study of over 89,000 women says annual mammograms do not reduce a woman’s chances of dying from breast cancer. See the report on page  9:

  • Posted March 5, 2014
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  Adam and Eve in Rocky Mt. National Park

    “A modern Eve living in the wilds of Rocky Mountain National Park!”  That was how The Denver Post described an event in  1917 to promote tourism in the Park. It was the funniest piece of hype...

  • Posted March 4, 2014
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  Insurance Costs

  The lure used to get uninsured Americans to sign up for the new health law coverage was the promise of generous premium subsidies. But the promise comes with a catch for almost 3 million people earning between three...

  • Posted March 4, 2014
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  Greeley Lynching

  In 1888 Greeley experienced its only lynching. Wilbur French was a local man who wore a gun and boasted of having killed a man. He was vicious, and everyone knew he was unspeakably cruel to his wife...

  • Posted March 1, 2014
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  Family Health Guide

    Read the latest research summaries like this on Uterine Surgery: To remove fibroid tumors, an electric device is sometimes used to cut tissue into small pieces that are pulled out through incisions. But recent reports in...

  • Posted March 1, 2014
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  Outlaw Country

  Virginia Dale stagecoach station in northern Colorado is a famous landmark in the West. An outlaw ran it in the 1800s.  Read the full story, page 4:

  • Posted February 2, 2014
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  Insurance Issue

  Some health insurance plans will not pay for a doctor visit until you meet your annual deductible, which could cost thousands of dollars.  See page 9:

  • Posted February 2, 2014
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