Posts Tagged ‘Health Insurance’
Never lie about having acne
Medicalization is a wonderful word. It means the process of taking a natural condition and convincing people that it’s a disease to be treated and cured by the medical profession. Once a condition is medicalized, the pharmaceutical industry can sell drugs, doctors and hospitals can charge fees. The cash registers just keep on ringing up […]
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Variety is the spice of life
The best approach to losing weight is to combine a healthy diet with an exercise routine. Although some weight will be lost if you hold to a calorie-reduced diet, more weight is lost if stored calories are burned by exercise. In the end, it all comes down to burning more calories than you consume. With […]
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Now the Obama Administration is proposing big changes
Ambition is a wonderful thing when it pays off. How many times have we watched a slugger walk up to the plate, look the pitcher in the eye, and lift an arm to point where the ball is going to land somewhere in the next state, only to strike out? Well, the new President has […]
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What’s an HSA and how does it help?
The magic letters stand for a Health Savings Account and this represents a different way of solving the health plan problem. In effect, the HSA is self-insurance with tax advantages, allowing you to pay immediate medical bills, save for the future and provide protection for when you retire. You start off with a High Deductible […]
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Insuring health for unmarried couples
Companies sometimes offer insurance coverage to the spouses of their employers. This, unfortunately, doesn’t mean the unmarried partner of a co-worker can get coverage as well. There is such a document as Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) under which the employers are not required to grant health insurance to any of their employees, their spouses, […]
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