{"id":8937,"date":"2017-12-14T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8937"},"modified":"2017-12-14T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T14:23:12","slug":"these-annual-checkups-help-seniors-not-only-survive-but-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8937","title":{"rendered":"These Annual Checkups Help Seniors Not Only Survive But Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>Bea Lipsky shuffled into her wellness coach\u2019s office one morning this fall and parked her walker by the wall. Lipsky, 89, had had a trying year, enduring a hernia operation and two emergency room visits for heart problems. 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