Conditions and diseases

A symptom that will hasten Medicare’s eventual insolvency

Days from her 80th birthday, “Nancy” (not her real name) is doing well. She’s active, exercises, drives, travels, and lives alone in a multi-story apartment building without an elevator. Her busy schedule of weekly activities includes several appointments with physicians.…

Days from her 80th birthday, “Nancy” (not her real name) is doing well.  She’s active, exercises, drives, travels, and lives alone in a multi-story apartment building without an elevator.  Her busy schedule of weekly activities includes several appointments with physicians.  Nancy’s medical needs are covered by Medicare.

Nancy’s been in psychotherapy for a half-century.  She’s seen me, her psychotherapist, for the past three years.  Nancy reports difficulty developing meaningful

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A symptom that will hasten Medicare’s eventual insolvency