May, 2019

Health insurance deductibles soar, leaving Americans with unaffordable bills

By drwong
May 17, 2019

Los Angeles Times By Noam N. Levey May 02, 2019   Soaring deductibles and medical bills are pushing millions of American families to the breaking point, fueling an affordability crisis that is pulling in middle-class households with health insurance as well as the poor and uninsured. In the last 12 years, annual deductibles in job-based...   read more


What to Say (and Not to Say) to Someone Grieving a Suicide

By drwong
May 13, 2019

  The New York Times By Gayle Brandeis May 8, 2019 Suicide can leave the survivors with anger, confusion and guilt, and even well-intentioned words can cause pain. It can be hard to know what to say to a person in the thicket of grief; when someone is grieving a loved one’s suicide, the right...   read more