Comments on: What My Mother’s Illness Taught Me About Personal Finance

By: asmom

asmom — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:17:21 +0000

You forgot one crucial aspect of keeping down healthcare costs: health maintenance and regular check-ups. You wouldn’t believe how many people do not follow-up with regular healthcare and doctor’s recommendations for testing and prevention. They usually end up in the hospital when it could have been prevented. Just another way to look at things.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:13:26 +0000

Excellent post, wonderful advice for all people to keep in mind just in case the unthinkable happens.

I’m the youngest at 31, but I still don’t really think of my parents as getting older. This last summer, my mother went down to the bank and had my oldest sister and I given permission to access their accounts in an emergency. This way we can pay bills for them if anything catastrophic happened to place them both in the hospital at the same time. It really brought home to me that we’re all getting older and even though they’re in good health, we still have to think about these things.

By: shawn

shawn — Sat, 02 May 2009 19:30:04 +0000

Im sorry, I hope your family can go thorough this.

By: nance

nance — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:20:57 +0000

I’m sorry you and your family had to go through this, but glad that they were prepared.
Your message will probably encourage many people to get ready for the unknown.

By: Monkey Mama

Monkey Mama — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:33:28 +0000

I am so sorry for your loss. This was a great post though.

Disability insurance, GOOD health insurance, life insurance, wills, POAs, and emergency funds are important to put in place when you are healthy and life is going well. These things can at least help lessen the blow. As you mentioned, there was a lot of costs to consider beyond simply medical costs.