Covering 940 pages, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a sweeping piece of legislation that will have a significant impact – good and bad – on the finances and health care of millions of seniors.

“It gives something to everybody, almost. They’ve packed a lot in there,” said Eric Braund, founder of Black Walnut Wealth Management in Traverse City.

Braund and other financial advisors agree that the gargantuan tax-and-spending bill, signed into law …

Seniors now make up nearly a quarter of Grand Traverse County’s population, and they’re driving close to half of Munson Medical Center’s inpatient admissions, says Dr. Jonathan Beaulac, a geriatric and internal medicine physician at Munson Healthcare (MHC).

“It is a vast majority,” he said.

With baby boomers aging into retirement and Gen X not far behind, that number is only going to grow over the next two decades, says Beaulac, and with it, the …