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Retirement Reflections from Mike Rubin

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Mike Rubin is a retired paramedic and the author of Life Support, a collection of EMS stories. He can be reached at mgr22@prodigy.net. In this series, exclusively for EMS World, Rubin reflects on his career and shares practical retirement advice for emergency medical personnel. Catch up on the series below.

License to Chill

House Medic

Magic Money

Retirement Boss

Medicare and Marx

How to Scare a Senior

Home Work

Social Insecurity

Illegally Blind

And Your Little Dog, Too

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