Baby Boomer Health Care Crisis

The United States spends more on healthcare than any other nation in the world. We are the only wealthy, industrialized nation that doesn't have a universal health care system. There have been ongoing debates regarding the poor access, efficiency, and quality yet the increasing costs. It was impossible to watch one democratic nominee presidential speech without the analysis of this crisis. What does this mean for the baby boomers that make up 27% of the total population?

It's imperative that the current state of the health care industry be more affordable, stable, and safe for the millions of aging boomers. Over 60% of them who are employed have been diagnosed with at least one chronic health condition such as cancer, diabetes, and arthritis to name a few. 7 million of that group does not have health insurance or have been without it for a period of time since age 50. People with very good insurance receive the very best health care money can by, where as the people with poor insurance receive very little or no treatment at all.

The fact that America spends more money on health care costs than food is astounding. As more medical advances are being made, the more money that is being put towards it. Out of pocket costs for premiums and co payments have taken a huge chunk out of older workers household income. Self employed workers in this age bracket are being hit the hardest. Over half these entrepreneurs spent more than $3,600 on health care costs compared to only 16% of people covered by their employers.

Some baby boomers are concerned that there are not enough skilled people in the health care profession to properly treat all of them. Basically, the supply and demand model is not in their favor. Some suggestions might include doing away with the two-year wait list for disabled individuals to be covered by Medicare, let people get into Medicare early, helped by tax credits for people with low incomes, and add Medicare health accounts for expenses not covered by insurance. The road ahead is not well paved but I believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Lyla Feldman writes about health and fitness. Some of her favorite passions include writing about energy drinks and natural sleep aids.

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Rap Music Codes For Neopets

There is nothing like a little music to spruce up your life...or even your Neopets page! A lot of people that play Neopets are always asking me how they can add some of their favorite songs to their existing Neopets page, many of which are not that familiar with html, which is the language that is used to make many webpages, as well as the format that Neopets use to create their personal pages.

There are many pages around the web that can teach you html, however is you are wanting to learn how to use html on your Neopets page to add music your best bet is to head on over to the official Neopets website. They have many tutorials on how to create your Neopets page.

Currently, the visitor that is on your page must use Internet Explorer in able to listen to the rap music that you have "pasted" into your Neopets homepage. Any other browser such as Firefox, Opera, or Safari is not supported by Neopets.

So how do I get the music then? Well first things first, the music must be recorded and hosted on the internet somewhere, whether it be on your own server or maybe a friends server. There are many sites across the net that allow you to use their music. One of the best ways to find music is too search for a MySpace Resource page that supplies music. Just do a search on Google for one.

Once you have found the location of the url to your music file, all you need to do is paste that into your Neopets page by first removing the line of code: /help/beep.wav, and then replace that with the location of the music that you want to put into your page.

For more Neopets Rap Music Codes you may wish to visit our site by visiting the link below. I hope you have found this short music code tutorial helpful and best of luck to those of you in NeoWorld!

Nathan Westergard is a Neopet Fan enthusiast, more tutorials about Neopets Music Codes can be found at Rap Music Codes for Neopets

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How to Generate Content Regularly For Your Blog

In order to publish a successful blog you constantly need to generate high quality content for it. It generally happens that when you start a new blog your head is brimming with new ideas and you feel that you have tons of literature to write on the subject.

Then after a few weeks or a couple of months of hectic blogging things begin to wear-off and the initial effort begins to lose its steam. It's not your fault and it is not that you don't want to put in the requisite effort, it's just that after a while you naturally run out of ideas unless you are constantly working in that field and it is a very "happening" field. Take for instance blogging, web designing, or even Internet marketing; new things are happening on a daily basis and the bloggers always have something to talk about. But what about a blog on, say, herbal teas or themed T-shirts? How much can you come up with? You need a system that supplies you with a constant stream of ideas and topics and even material to write about. Here are a few things that can help you keep generating quality and relevant content for your blog, non-stop:

REGULARLY VISIT OTHER BLOGS AND WEBSITES

By visiting other blogs and websites dedicated to your subject or something related constantly exposes you to new ideas and opinions. You also learn how innovative people create content for their blogs and you can apply similar techniques to your own blog. You will notice that people have different ways, very often highly interesting ways, to say the same thing. You may also notice that they are leaving some vital information that you can cover on your blog. Reading other bloggers also gives you new information to think about.

SUBSCRIBE TO RELEVANT RSS FEEDS

Subscribing to RSS feeds is a good way of tracking what's going on in the world of blogging regarding your favorite topic. If you write about books it would be interesting to know what other bloggers have to say about your favorite book or about the book that you loath. It's not that you only have to write about books that you love, you can also write about books that you hate. While subscribing to RSS feeds take care that you don't subscribe indiscriminately because this eventually turns into a nonsense; going through hundreds of RSS feeds in an hour or so is not humanly possible. Just stick to 20 or 30 blogs and when you find yourself subscribing to a new blog try to remove some existing ones from your subscription list.

INTERACT WITH OTHER BLOGGERS

Interact with bloggers who have already written a lot on the subject you are dealing on your blog. They may seem like competition but in blogging basically there is no competition and bloggers generally love to help each other. Regular interaction with other bloggers gives you new ideas that you can use on your blog. You are also exposed to different and sometimes contrary opinions; this is healthy.

ENCOURAGE YOUR VISITORS TO ASK QUESTIONS

It is easier to answer when you have a question; similarly when you have a topic it is easier to write on that topic. Constantly ask you visitors what they would like to read on your blog and as long as they stick to your fundamental theme try to write what they want to read. Once things get rolling you will have so much stuff to write about that you won't have time for it.

GO THROUGH YOUR EXISTING POSTS

You may find lots of incomplete or insufficient, or hurriedly written blog posts on your own blog. Select some of these posts, rewrite them with a fresh perspective and add the things that you omitted in the original post. Writing on the same topic is not "repetition" and "duplication" if you write it in a different manner and if you add something new to it. You can also expand a subheading into a completely new post.

INVITE GUEST BLOGGERS

This you can do once you have developed decent traffic for your blog. The other bloggers would love the extra exposure. Ask them to guest blog for your blog and publish their profiles as a returning favor. This is also good when, although you have got a lot to write about, you have no time. Guest blogging also brings in a new perspective and a new way of expressing to your blog and it expands the horizon of your subject.

HIRE A PROFESSIONAL WRITER

Bloggers who neither have time nor inclination to write for their blogs but who do want to have blogs hire professional writers to write for their blogs. This may seem like a bad idea because blogging is after all self-expression, but why bound blogging with needlessly idealistic notions? Many individuals want to run blogs to promote their businesses and to advertising revenues without wanting to write on their own. Some would like to write but they don't have the required time. Some would like to write but they are not comfortable with the skill or the language.

Whether you decide to write for your blog on your own or hire a professional writer the only thing matters is uninterrupted quality. Provide quality, relevant content to your visitors on a regular basis, promote your blog whenever you can spare some time, and you have got yourself a successful blog.

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Amrit Hallan is an Online Copywriter and a Website Content Writer. Some of his clients also know him as an SEO copywriter. When he is not lazy or not extremely busy he shares his thoughts on content writing, blogging, SEO and Internet trends through Content Blog