There is a lot in the news these days about federal legislation to protect consumers from surprise medical bills. Essentially this is the circumstance in which an individual is hospitalized at a PPO (Preferred...
Category: Health & Fitness
An article in the July Issue of Atlantic Monthly takes a different approach to solving our health care woes in this country. In his article, “The Worst Patients in the World” David Freedman opines,...
Financing of the health care benefits paid by employers comes in many forms. The simplest form of this is the fully insured product. Most small employers understand that this is their only option. In...
This year will be the 20th anniversary of the Lions Turtle Bay Run, and we will again offer your choice of a Half Marathon, 10 K or 2 mile Fun Run. Group entries will...
As the saying goes,“There is nothing as constant as change”. This certainly applies to the world of health insurance. Maybe we should also add the reminder that “No good deed goes unpunished”. The “change”...
Nor-Cal Think Pink is excited to bring a Mobile Mammography Bus to FOUR rural communities this August! Free mammogram screening for women age 40 years old and over who have not had a mammogram...
Writing about health insurance and health care issues cannot be done without reference to politics. This segment of the economy is highly regulated and there is never a time when new laws aren’t being...
One of my least favorite things to do is shop for a car. The industry is infamous for lack of transparency. Prices may be different if you buy it in a different city. Sometimes...
A recent episode of “Madam Secretary” takes us through an exercise of how the “anti-vaxx” movement might play out. Two children are infected with measles following a trip. Both fall gravely ill, but eventually...
“Busy Brain” nights when I simply cannot shut off my brain to go to sleep may cause me to turn on the TV for some mindless program that will hopefully, put me to sleep....
