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Health & Fitness Tips Houston Chronicle Health Zone
I am a big fan of the Houston Chronicle’s monthly section Health Zone . The August 2013 edition talked about a Houston area personal trainer who uses the basics. Samir Becic is his name and I am a fan of basic long term fitness vs quick fix gimmicks. HealthFitnessRevolution is Samir Becic’s website I am also […]
October 2013 Is Here & the ACA Marketplace Is Open
On 10/01/2013 the Markeplace (or Exchange as it was named in the original law – The PPACA or ACA for short) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act = PPACA The Marketplace’s have opened up for business so people can start to shop and purchase health insurance that is compliant with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]
Employer’s Notice On ACA Marketplace
Employers have been asked by the DOL to provide a notice to all employees about health insurance. The DOL released this information in May 2013. That is to say if your company offers a group health insurance plan you should send out one type notice. If you do NOT offer health insurance you should send […]
Life Insurance Awareness Month Sept 2013
September is LIAM or Life Insurance Awareness Month. Every year the Insurance organization LIFEhappens.org helps put out the word on Life Insurance in September. They do this with some direct media ads and by helping Agents (like us) with materials to help us inform and educate people on this important topic. If […]
What the New ACA Will Cost Us
Affordable Care Act Costs As Of September, 2013 So what will we have to pay for health insurance when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) goes in effect on January 01, 2014? On the radio today (09/05) here is a short story on this. I also like the radio business program Marketplace (on at 6:30 pm […]
Why Are American Health Care Costs So High?
Did you know that people in the United States spend more of their tax dollars on health care than any other country in the world? Yes more than the UK, Australia, and even Canada. This YouTube video, Why Are American Health Care Costs So High, explains why this is true and who’s to blame. Read more about the rising […]
Deductibles | Copay’s | Co-insurance | & Maximums
A Question that is often asked is, with regard to health insurance policies is how do deductibles, copay’s,co-insurance & out of pocket maximums work? Here’s a short 3 minute YouTube video from Humana on this subject: Deductibles and Coinsurances If you have additional questions call the health insurance agent you work with or give us […]
Diabetes and Diabesity | What We Can Do About Them
Diabetes or Diabetes Melitus, which is the full name of the disease that people have some chance to control by how they live and eat. There are three major types of diabetes melitus (DM). Type I DM This is the type where you body does not make insulin and so the person has to take […]
Health Insurance Exchange Plans
The ACA (Affordable Care Act) or the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also know as Health Care Reform (HCR) has outlined and mandated that there will Health Insurance Exchanges or Health Insurance Marketplaces. There will be both Public and Private Exchange Health Insurance plans. There will continue to be Individual and Group plans sold […]
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month 2013
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM). We all need to condenser what would happen if we could not work or even just get around and take care of our selves and the ones we love. And not to mention what would happen to the income we do get from getting up and going to work each day. Today I had the pleasure of witnessing a clients […]
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