How Will The Election Impact My Healthcare Coverage?

posted November 2016 by Dianne Savastano

The results of this month’s presidential election have caused concern about how healthcare will change. And while the specifics are still being worked out, changes in our healthcare system are sure to come. Understandably, many people are wondering how the objectives of the new administration will affect health coverage for themselves and their loved ones.… Read on…

Opportunity Awaits You

posted October 2016 by Dianne Savastano

Medicare Open Enrollment 2017 began earlier this month on October 15th. It continues through December 7th and allows any new choices you make to become effective on January 1, 2017. Medicare Open Enrollment makes it possible for you to be pro-active: to assess the suite of Medicare products you may be enrolled in and to… Read on…

The Value of Human Connection

posted September 2016 by Dianne Savastano

This past August, I said good-bye to a man with whom I’d worked since December of 2013. Although I’d spent a great deal of time getting to know him by asking questions and listening to his stories, it was not until I read Robert Hirschkron’s obituary that I understood how much I didn’t know. I… Read on…

Why Your Family Needs a “Healthcare Emergency Plan”

posted July 2016 by Dianne Savastano

In some ways, when you are an only child (like me), it’s easy. Because I need to care for all the responsibilities associated with a sick or hospitalized parent – including taking care of the second parent that I’m so fortunate to have – there’s no discussion and no coordination of effort required. It’s all… Read on…