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HRQL provides a patient perspective on the impact of disease and therapy on patients' daily life and functioning. Including HRQL information in promotion could be beneficial to decision making on the use of therapies. HRQL is a measure of effectiveness, not safety, and should be treated as any other clinical end point.

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Anecdotal evidence of retirees returning to the workforce to obtain health coverage has appeared against a backdrop of rising health insurance premiums and cutbacks in employer health benefit offerings to both current and future retirees. We present findings from a survey of workers ages forty-five to sixty-four concerning their attitudes toward and plans for health care coverage and expenses during retirement. We find a mismatch between workers' expectations about the benefits that are likely to be available to them and their planning as to how they will pay for health care in retirement.

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