Some parents feel the decision of whether to have children is a tough one to make. An even tougher question is if you do decide to have them where to send them for child care once the time comes. The U.S. child care system continues to experience multiple crises, with families finding it difficult to locate reliable, affordable child care. Before the pandemic, the number of child care providers in the U.S. was already declining. Three years later and the problem is worse. Between December 2019 and March 2021, over 8,800 child care centers closed, and almost 7,000 licensed family…

Did you know more than 5.3 million individuals in the United States live with a permanent brain injury-related disability? That’s one in every 60 people, according to the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). And more than 2.8 million Americans sustain traumatic brain injuries every year.  Every March, the BIAA leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month as a way to rally a large community to raise awareness and improve the quality of life for all people affected by brain injury. And experts say awareness is the key to keeping our brains healthy. Here’s what you should know…

Keeping a level head after a motor vehicle accident isn’t easy, especially if there are injuries or fatalities involved. And early estimates of traffic fatalities for the first quarter of 2022 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show a disturbing trend.  According to NHTSA, 9,560 people died in motor vehicle crashes in early 2022, which represents an increase of 7 percent compared to the 8,935 fatalities from the same quarter in 2021. This is the highest number of first-quarter fatalities since 2002.  An estimated 42,915 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2021, a 10.5 percent increase…

Losing a loved one is hard in any scenario. It’s even more painful if someone else causes the death through negligence or misconduct. That’s why Arizona and all other states have legislation that offers legal protection in the event of a wrongful death and provides recourse to family members through the civil court system. If you’ve lost a loved one due to an accident that you can prove was caused by another party, you are within your rights to file a wrongful death case. But before you file a wrongful death lawsuit in Arizona, you should know the most common…

In 2018, CNBC’s American Greed, a show that examines how far some people go to become rich, profiled Chicago hospice owner Seth Gillman who makes a killing by padding Medicare bills and claiming many of his patients are sicker than they actually are. If the idea sounds outrageous and egregious, it should. But the more surprising take is that it’s  not all too uncommon. Hospice care, initially introduced in 1974 and designed to provide comfort and support to terminally ill patients and their families, has become a $22 billion industry funded by taxpayers in the United States. According to a…