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Medical balance billing may be damaging your credit
Medical debt is damaging the credit of right around 30 million people, according to the latest figures I've seen. What floors me about this problem is how it's both completely stealth and something that's so easily fixed once you know about it. You would expect that damaged credit because of ...
Many health care expenditures preventable by changing lifestyle
As the Supreme Court gets ready to decide on Pres. Obama's health care reform in June, I read a stunning new report that so many of the ailments we spend health care money on today are avoidable with changes in diet and exercise. Fortune reports that we're closing in on ...
Costco to sell individual health insurance, mortgages
With more people losing health coverage at work, Costco wants to fill the gap for its members with individual health insurance policies. The warehouse club is partnering with Aetna for what's called Costco Personal Health Insurance. Aetna has publicly stated that they will sell five varieties of plans to Costco ...
Employers doing health care incentives and punishments
Employers are rolling out both incentives and punishments for employees when it comes to their health care. The Florida Sun Sentinel reports one company, if they can document that employees walk an hour a day, give employees a $200 bonus. Another company gives employees a $10 gift card when they ...
Facebook now lets you update your organ donor status
Through organ donation, you can make a difference even when you're not with us anymore. Facebook has now made it possible to update your page with your organ donor status and be added to your state's official organ donation registry. By building this feature in, Facebook is doing something to ...
Insurers paying cash bounties if you seek out cheaper health care
No matter how the Supreme Court rules in June on President Obama's health care reform, the reality is we're spending too much of our nation's resources on health care. And we don't have the longevity and health of other countries that spend half of what we do! I believe the ...
One woman's crusade against filthy fast food restaurant playgrounds
The fast food restaurant playgrounds are filthy and one woman is on the warpath to clean them up. Erin Carr-Jordan, a 37-year-old mother of four with a Ph.D. in developmental psychology, has been at war in Arizona and across the country with health departments and restaurants. She's incensed because they're ...
Clark reacts to the Paul Ryan budget
CLARKONOMICS: Congressman Paul Ryan -- the guy who the GOP likes to treat like the crazy uncle they'd rather lock up in the closet -- has issued a proposal that tackles head-on the problems with the promises we've made concerning Medicare and Medicaid. We spend 17% of our nation's wealth ...
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Dangers of performance-enhancing supplements
Are you taking performance-enhancing supplements to improve your workout? You may want to heed some advice from the U.S. Army and stop until further notice.
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A more affordable health plan
Health care in the United States is outrageously expensive. But there is a way to cut expenses by banding together with others to significantly reduce the cost of premiums.
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