Vitamin supplements cost next to nothing and bring lifelong benefits.

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It takes less than five minutes to throw together in a food processor and the ingredients cost next to nothing, it's wildly versatile and it keeps for a week or two in the refrigerator.

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The kicker: the program will ultimately cost Metro Capital next to nothing once it quietly eliminates most of the applicants by burying them in paperwork.

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If you need skilled care in a nursing home, Medicare will pay the Medicare-allowed rate for the first 20 days, part of the cost for the next 21 to 100 days and then nothing at all after 100 days.

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