I worked for a dentist years ago. He used to say that the teeth were the most important part of our body because without them we couldn’t eat. Makes sense, yet most of us don’t like going to the dentist. Sometimes fear keeps people away from the loud drills and spraying water. But lately it [...]
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The spilled milk joke was just terrible, but shortly after that the president’s talk of equal insurance premiums for men and women reeled me back in to his State of the Union address. I’ve blogged on the side subject of mandatory maternity coverage but never directly about the discrepancy in premiums. Women pay more than men for health insurance, [...]
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Unless you work for a company that provides group insurance, having a pre-existing condition used to make buying health insurance an unattainable goal. But as health care reform works its way through our large bureaucracy, it is becoming easier. If you have a pre-existing condition and you live in Florida, you are one of the lucky ones. Things have gotten [...]
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Can technology transform your health care? Can it help you achieve a new year’s resolution like losing weight or quitting smoking? If so, The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has an incentive for you – cash! A two-minute video explaining how technology is getting you healthier could win you two-thousand dollars. There are [...]
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