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See a doctor at a Cleveland Clinic campus? Check your monthly statements. Now.

There is one benefit to be in charge of Mom and Dad’s bills: I have  a very healthy dose of skepticism when I review medical invoices.  I  have become horrified at what doctors/HMOs get away with charging when they know  … Continue reading

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Paperwork

My siblings and I have divided the tasks that Mom and Dad need to have done, and I took on the paying of the bills.  I hate paying my own bills, so somehow there is a cruel irony in the … Continue reading

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Scamming the elderly.

My parents are, for the most part, affable, chatty, social people. My dad moreso than my mom. Dad was in marketing for years and he loved chatting with people. I remember cringing as a teenager when he would pick up … Continue reading

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