When you're shopping for health insurance, understanding the terms can make it difficult to choose the right policy for your needs. This is especially true when it comes to deductibles. Aside from the dollar amount, what's the difference between a high-deductible and...
What Science Says About Running After Hip Replacement Surgery This is a question with no right or wrong answer unfortunately, and it primarily depends on varying individual factors as to what type of answer you might receive from your doctor. Typically in a laboratory...
Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), all Americans must purchase an approved health insurance plan every year. This requirement applies to residents in states with their own exchanges and those relying on the federally facilitated Marketplace. Generally, the sign-up...
Making a List and Checking it Twice Planning a trip or vacation takes preparation if you want your trip to be stress free and a simple, a packing list can make all the difference in how your vacation gets started. The sinking feeling of realizing as you’re walking...
Normal Aging or Alzheimer’s Disease The normal progression of aging causes changes in the brain, particularly the parts of the brain that affect memory and learning. During the aging process some neurons in the brain may shrink, while others may be damaged by free...
Early Signs of Flu Vaccine Looks Promising Last flu season the effectiveness of the flu vaccine was not as helpful as the Centers for Disease Control would have hoped for. The flu shot that most Americans received was only about twenty percent effective, which was...
While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has succeeded in providing health coverage to millions of Americans, certain holdouts are proving more difficult to insure. The U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) estimates that by the end of 2016,...
Since its inception, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has provided millions of men, women and children with direct, convenient access to essential health coverage and prescription medications. But this law has also benefited the American workforce. Perhaps more than any...
On Nov. 1, 2015, the annual Open Enrollment Period (OEP) begins, for both state-run exchanges and the Federal Marketplace. Until Jan. 31, 2016, Americans can purchase an Affordable Care Act (ACA)-approved health insurance plan. The three-month OEP only applies to...
Despite the controversy surrounding the Affordable Care Act there is one aspect that seems indisputable , and that is the idea that if people have health insurance, whether it be expanded Medicaid or insurance through the private or federal or state exchange, that...
