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Health and finances mean different things depending on where you are in life. To some it may mean a healthy financial lifestyle. To others it means financially being able to just maintain a healthy life. Two very different situations that have come to the forefront especially with the large retirement of baby boomers.Surprisingly, both types of definitions can go hand in hand with each other. Definately if you’re healthy financially you can afford to stay fit and healthy with exercise and regular trips to the doctor. If you are having trouble financially then this can cause a burden on your health, both physically and mentally, which can affect your everyday lifestyle. Since baby boomers have long been entering the age of retirement it’s been more commonplace for a majority of our society to become interested in both financial health and good physical health. It’s an odd situation that while more and more elements of our society are catering to a younger group of consumers there are more and more people who are retiring and finding themselves left out in the cold if they haven’t taken care of themselve both financially and healthwise. To take up the slack of the ever growing health expenses for senior citizens many health organizations are actually returning to the good old days of making house calls. Those of you under 55 are probably reading this and wondering just what a medical house call is? The answer is simple in that there once was a time when doctors would actually come to your house for what ailed you. Strange but true and really not so long ago, actually through the 1960s for the most part.These physicians are known as “concierge doctors,” and can be found in line with most financial lifestyles costing anywhere from $1,000 to $25,000 per year. This type of care doesn’t replace health insurance and is treated very similar to the way a visit to the doctor’s office would be treated. The difference is that the concierge doctor only treats roughly 10% the amount of patients as those in a medical office or hospital environment. Therefore you forego any costly time spent in an overcrowded waiting room and your care is more personalized.No matter how old we become health will always be tied to our pocketbook. However concierge doctors can help alleviate much of that cost with semi-regular visits, saving time and money on the ever growing population of 55+ citizens in this country. We will all hopefully get there at some time or another, so now is the time to figure out how our finances and health are going to tie in with each other before it’s too late.