“What she had feared but dismissed from possibility was true: she was living far beyond her means. She was spending more than she was making, and she had to transfer money from her investment accounts to cover household expenses. It was expensive for Rachel to spend this year in Israel, and electricity and food costs had risen to more than double what they had been now that Elena and Beverly were living in the apartment. But it was the cost of Beverly’s illness that was bleeding the money away. ...Sylvia came in five days a week. Medicaid no longer covered the therapists. The medication and the rental on items from the hospital bed to the wheelchair were expensive. In the few months Beverly had been with her, Suzanne’s cushion for the year had gone. She had already used up money saved in the last five years. Modifications to the house had cost well over twelve thousand dollars, wiping out an IRA on which she had to pay a stiff penalty. She could see the situation clearly, and it scared her.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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