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Taking Charge of Your Healthcare Future

Planning Ahead

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Abstract

As much as we may like to avoid considering the possibility that we or a loved one will someday become disabled, disability and end-of-life care are things we’d be well served to think about before a crisis hits.

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    Kiplinger’s Retirement Report, Volume 19, Number 5, May 2012.

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    Ibid.

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    Ibid.

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Zamosky, L. (2013). Taking Charge of Your Healthcare Future. In: Healthcare, Insurance, and You. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-4954-2_9

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