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Your Health and Diet
Health Zone from the Houston Chronicle Oct 26 2014 Diet that uses fasting by Greta Kaul (pdf copy) houstonchronicle.com-Intermittent_fasting_adds_option_to_dieting_strategy_2014_10_26 A good article o fruit fiber rich diet that we all can draw on. (pdf copy) houstonchronicle.com-Fiberrich_fresh_fruit_is_good_for_keeping_your_heart_healthy_2014_10_24 An article that touches on Bariatric surgery and talks of the pros and cons. Note for most health insurance this is […]
ACA & Taxes for 2014
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) which changed health care and health insurance went live in 2014. There are lots of new things that will affect all Americans and Texans. I am posting a link from our friends with the Internal Revenue Service. This may offer some help with filing 2014 taxes. Link HCTT-2015-15: […]
Network In or Out for HMO and PPO Health Plans
This short video from BCBS is good info for any health insurance plan. BCBSTX.com/Know-your-network
“America’s Bitter Pill” A Book on the ACA
It is now January 2015. So I hope everyone had a nice Christmas (or holiday for my non Christian friends) and a Happy New Year. While on my way to the post office. I had the opportunity to listen to a radio show on NPR‘s Fresh Air. The topic was a new book by Steven […]
ACA Open Enrollment for 2015 Indidividual Health Plans
For Individual Health Insurance we all have to get used to the idea of an annual open enrollment. This is the time where you can shop and purchase health insurance without having a qualifying event. A qualifying event allows you to purchase (on average 60 day window) health insurance outside the open enrollment period. Here are […]
ACA Pre-open Enrollment 11/15/2014
I found the above while reading TheAtlantic online (11/12/14) in an article titled “Insurance, as Explained by Cartoons” Try taking this Health Insurance quiz from Kaiser web site. This is a good source of information on health topics and the ACA in particular. We are working out the kinks in our abilty to serve and […]
Life Insurance Awareness Month Sept. 2014 (LIAM)
Life Insurance Awareness Month is a nice reminder for people to read up, watch videos, and learn more about Life Insurance. lifehappens.org Watch a good video on Life Insurance 101 (2014) YouTube Chanel from Life happens At the most basic need level you need to have life insurance if someone or something depends on […]
Aetna Health Insurance Tools 2014
I am going to give some info and links for all the Health Insurance Co we work with in Texas. Starting out in alphabetical order with Aetna. Aetna has a nice website – health-reform-connection If it is not open enrollment can you purchase health insurance. In the new ACA world the answer is no […]
Americans are bad at math says the NYTimes
We have heard it before, that Americans or people who live in the USA are not the best at math. That is on the whole of the population. I found this online at a newspaper site I like to read. By the way I subscribe and get the NYTimes on my wife’s iPad. The napkin […]
ACA Learning Curve
The new health care law or Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Patient Protection Affordable Care Act or PPACA) has a lot of moving parts and for people with little or no experience with health insurance it is a real challenge to understand the insurance world I read an article in the 08/02/2014 NYTimes titles “Newly Insured, […]
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