For clues to how much it will cost you to live after retirement let us turn to a study made by our government in 1959. To make this study goods and services which represented a modest standard of living for a retired couple were priced in 20 American cities. The following table shows the annual cost of living for a retired couple in the city of Detroit: (more…)

The key to good medical care in retirement is a family doctor. Most people reaching retirement age will have had a physician of their own for years, and will have developed a strong and loyal attachment to him. By earning the family’s confidence, the doctor will serve as a trusted advisor capable of treating and preventing disease, and of mobilizing all the health resources that a community has to offer. (more…)