Archive for Finance
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Ask the Audiologist
By Rachel Flint, AU.D. Audiology Consultants, P.C. Why Do Hearing Aids Cost So Much? You know the feeling you get when someone has just quoted you a price that is much higher than you expected? Yeah, that one! When was the last time you had that feeling? Was it a car repair? A home repair?...
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Frank and Linda return
By Dan Dolan Dan Dolan Homes Some months ago I mentioned how siblings often help Mom and Dad to find the ideal retirement housing. And I described how brother and sister Frank and Linda helped their mom to resolve the issues of housing and the financing options. Mom is all moved in now and sheâ...
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Peace of Mind
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village “Peace of Mind” is a worthwhile goal for us all. Now my wife and I know about “Peace of Mind” first hand. Let me explain... My father, Don Morrison attended the very first “Honor Flight of the Quad Cities” in N...
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Being Prepared
By Mary Schricker, SRES Realtor Ruhl&Ruhl Real Estate It seems that the division of household duties among many young couples today is much more equitable than it was in the days of Ozzie and Harriet. Cooking, cleaning, shopping, bill paying and parenting are often shared equally by both...
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Discount Prescription Card & Health Care Reform for Medicare Beneficiaries
By Richard J. Schillig, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF Independent Insurance and Financial Advisor Working with Medicare and all the issues involved with choices and costs, we came across another very important resource for Medicare and Pre-Medicare folks - free discount prescription cards. These cards are a...
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The Impact of Dying Without an Estate Plan
By Curt Ford Nash Nash Bean & Ford Most of us expect that tomorrow will be another day like any other. But, as Euripides said, “no one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.” In fact thousands of people die in the United States every single day. Some of them die of ...
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Take the Scare Out of Auto Repair!
By Tom Miller Iowa Attorney General Car-repair complaints always rank high in Iowa, even though most repair shops treat customers fairly. The most common complaints are that a repair shop charged more than the estimate, or that it did work the customer didn't authorize. Today's cars are computer...
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YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
by Cyndi Hagen Social Security Assistant District Manager, Davenport Iowa MAKE YOUR APPEAL ONLINE Requesting a review of a decision made on your Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability application is now as easy as surfing the web. To file an appeal online, simply vis...
