Health Care

Good News for Uninsured Due to Pre-Existing Conditions

The good news is that the HHS (Health and Human Services) has unveiled a new plan for people that have pre existing conditions. To find out more, and to apply, visit HealthCare.Gov What do you think about the new plan?  Good plan, or bad plan?

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Doctor Banned From Practicing Medicine In Britain

Since 1998, there has been a growing movement against vaccines because a suspected link to autism.  The movement was started stemming from a research conducted by Dr. Wakefield, but was a flawed study since he was paid to advise lawyer representing parents that suspected a link between vaccines and autism. Today, however, Dr. Wakefield was [...]

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The Great Vaccine Debate

Once upon a time people fought for the widespread use of vaccines to stop terrible diseases such as polio, small pox, measles and mumps.  However, these days there are two sides of debate, where there are people that do not administer vaccines to their children out of fear of harm from autism or other side [...]

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!Health Insurance Scam Alert!

In case you are one of many Americans without health insurance and are shopping around, or at least in the market, take caution as there are many scams floating around.  An article I found talks about the historical reform giving scam artists a new way to mislead people into giving up personal information. I find [...]

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All Done

Well, for the most part, everything is finally moved and we’re in our new place.  It’s been intense, and I feel bad that I didn’t have much time to write until today. Now that everything is *sort of* done, I can get back to business as usual, but I still have a lot of organizing [...]

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Holy Hoax, Batman!

Reading this article just made me upset.  I wanted to do the right think for my daughter, being in a high risk group, but with what we know now, the swine flu was not all that pandemic, and not much to worry about. I feel fooled, and even though my better judgment was to not [...]

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Insurance Inquisition

Although my family receives insurance through an employer, it’s also a good idea to examine what is available out in the market, especially  with the fiery debate over health care reform. I was given an opportunity to take a look at a company, Tonik Health Insurance to discuss their benefits, and examine what it offers [...]

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Health at Hand

With the heated debate about health care reform, it goes to show how lucrative the health care system is in the status quo for those that are on the winning end of the equation.  Even in a perfect system, where everyone has some sort of insurance, the rising cost of health care makes coverage a [...]

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Toot Your Own Horn Tuesday

The day is nearly over, but for today, I’d like to give others an opportunity to toot their own horn.  Give yourself some credit.  Feel free to add your story at any time that you may happen to read this post.  I’d love to hear your story about something you’re proud of that you’ve recently [...]

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The Efficacy of Vaccines

With the most recent pandemic facing the nation, and with the rush to make vaccines, it is no wonder most concerned citizens are questioning the efficacy of vaccines.  The general idea behind vaccines is the herd effect where if all the people in a group should be vaccinated, even though the vaccine might not “take” [...]

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