Medicare is rarely one simple decision. It is a network of enrollment rules, coverage choices, tax consequences, employment transitions, prescription drug costs, and household responsibilities. Medicare: I Get It Now! brings those moving parts together in one structured, source-transparent educational guide.Written for adults approaching age 65, current Medicare beneficiaries, caregivers, spouses, and families, this book explains how Medicare Parts A, B, C, and D c...

About half of today’s nation-states originated as some kind of breakaway state. The end of the Cold War witnessed a resurgence of separatist activity affecting nearly every part of the globe and stimulated a new generation of scholars to consider separatism and secession.As the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War approaches, this collection of essays allows us to view within a broader international context one of modern history's bloodiest conflicts over secession. The cont...