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  Michigan Legislature starts passing budget plans

  By David Eggert  |  April 25, 2013

  Lawmakers began setting the table Wednesday for how to spend $49 billion in the next Michigan budget.

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  Final expense policies spring to life

  By Alan Lurty  |  April 18, 2013

  The rough economy has made final expense policies popular — and new innovations will only make them hotter.

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  Why the time is right for critical illness insurance

  By Bob Patience  |  April 5, 2013

  Today’s employees, faced with high-deductible health plans and increasingly expensive medical bills, need supplemental coverage that goes beyond disability insurance.

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  10 top dividend-paying stocks

  By Tom Nawrocki  |  April 5, 2013

  What are corporations doing with all that cash they've accumulated? Two words: massive dividends.

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  6 lessons for a successful retirement

  By Robert L. Penn  |  March 28, 2013

  You may — or may not — be surprised to hear how many truly core retirement principles your clients have never even thought about.

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  Scant progress on jobs for disabled Americans

  By Jennifer C. Kerr  |  March 25, 2013

  Just 18 percent of the disabled population is employed, down from 20 percent four years ago.

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  LTC Options: Communes, etc.

  By Jim Fitzgerald  |  March 1, 2013

  There's more than one way to skin that long-term care cat.

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  What if an older client has no LTCI?

  By Wendy Boglioli  |  February 25, 2013

  Know about the public programs in your areas, and assemble a rescue team.

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  Does the need for certainty kill innovation?

  By Maria Ferrante-Schepis  |  February 20, 2013

  Maybe we should stop worrying about keeping this industry the same.

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  No single fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic

  By Lauran Neergaard  |  February 11, 2013

  More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented. New Medicare fines are helping tighten the system.