In March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that 12.2 million people had signed up for health insurance using federal or state exchanges. That tally represented about half a million people fewer than in 2016, a clear indicator that...
Just within the last week, Anthem announced that they will be pulling out of 18 major counties within Ohio starting next OEP. That's an acronym for "Open Enrollment Period", the window of time in which consumers can enroll in a health insurance plan under Obamacare,...
The annual enrollment period to change your current Medicare Advantage or Part D plan or to switch from Original Medicare to Medicare Advantage runs from October 1st to December 7th every year. Even if you're not sure if you want to switch plans, the annual enrollment...
In an effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), Republicans have thrown together a number of ideas over the last seven years, the most recent of which failed to garner support even among fellow conservative lawmakers. Now that it’s back to the...
Have A Heart To Heart With Your Parents Knowing your family health history can be very instrumental in managing your own heart health. Basically examining your family’s health history especially your parents, siblings and grandparents can provide you with a possible...
It may seem as if every day we hear on the news, or other social media news outlet that something “new” causes cancer. This information can be very distressing to some people and yet others reaction may be to simply shrug the “new” information off as not believable,...
What Is Heart Disease? Heart disease is a broad term that healthcare professionals use as a general description of someone whose heart isn’t functioning as it should be, or “normally”. Congenital Heart Disease When you’re born with heart disease the medical term for...
Teens And Cigarette Smoking Just when it appears that we’re finally making some measurable headway in reducing the number of young people that smoke cigarettes in the United States along comes E-Cigarettes. Despite the claim that e-cigarettes will steer kids away from...
It’s Not Too Late To Prevent The Flu Or Lessen It’s Symptoms It may be nearing the end of March, but unfortunately, the flu season is still marching on. People tend to think that by the end of daylight savings time that flu season is over; only to be struck down with...
Nobody likes pain, but in a way pain can help us. Pain can alert you that there is something wrong with your body, prompting a doctor or hospital visit that can provide medical diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and possibly relief from the pain. Unfortunately for...
