Do you have a budget for Xmas spending this weekend? The recession hurt 95% of Americans according to the report “Standing on Shaky Ground” prepared by the Rockefeller Foundation and Yale University released this week (and not the Delbert McClinton song of the same name.) More than 50% of families with household incomes of $60,000 to $100,000 experienced the inability to pay for at least one basic need (e.g., food, shelter). Approximately 50% of all American households would not meet basic needs for more than 2 months if income were to suddenly cease; 20% would last for only 2 weeks.
The angle is to include everything-travel, clothes for the school play, seasonal groceries and beverages, and decorations – not just gifts in your budget. Xmas $trak gives users a visual pie chart of how much is spent per category.
Patients have recognized for millenia that music heals the body as well as the soul. Current American health care requires treatments to be evidence-based; they must be recognized by the scientific community as valid therapeutic tools based on rigorous research and clinical trials. Once determined to be a valid evidence-based treatment, music therapy in its many forms becomes eligible for health insurance reimbursement and an integral part of patient care.
Music therapy is already recognized by some states as a reimbursable medical expenditure. Research funds have been made available for the study of neuromusic which is the discipline of music and neurology. It uses neuroimaging, neuroautonomic testing, and kinematics to determine the specific role music plays in healing.
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