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How ‘pyramid schemes’ are bankrupting America

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How ‘pyramid schemes’ are bankrupting America

When 23-year-old college graduate Julie was invited to a “girls night party” where the guests were told by a woman named Shawna from a company called Pure Romance that they could make big bucks selling middle-class suburban housewives “bullet vibrators and dildos,” Julie was down to get started. Selling the Dream by Jane Marie All … Read more

Dementia’s staggering financial cost is revealed in new report: ‘Bankrupting families’

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Dementia’s staggering financial cost is revealed in new report: ‘Bankrupting families’

A great deal of emphasis is placed on the emotional and mental impact of dementia — but a new study from the University of Michigan highlights the financial burden it puts on families as well. Among people who were diagnosed with dementia, out-of-pocket health care costs more than doubled within the first eight years, researchers found. Dementia patients … Read more