Are you really covered with a health plan or Medicaid that will pay you and not just your hospital care? At present time, only Medical covers 55% of long term care costs. But can you qualify for Medical? It is not simple and easy. Most people get denied because their income and assets exceed theContinue reading “Are you really covered with a comprehensive health plan for long term care?”
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Cut costs in bank fees, home/car insurance, dining, and more
Cut costs , save more Home/Car Insurance and Financial Fees Save almost $600 a year Some credit cards sock you with fees of $30-plus, the FDIC reports, if you’re even a day late with your payment. Say you have a bad math week and bounce a check—that’s a fortune right there. Stay on top ofContinue reading “Cut costs in bank fees, home/car insurance, dining, and more”
Cut your drug costs
Consider an over-the-counter (OTC) drug first for these conditions. Heartburn $225 per month Insomia $145 Seasonal Allergies $113 per month Migraine headaches $13.90 per month Joint Pain $177 per month Consult your doctor regularly. For the young, up your intake of Vit C, sleep before 10pm, cut alcohol and drugs and eat well (more onContinue reading “Cut your drug costs”
American medical tourists visit other countries to save
Joy Guion of Hickory, N.C., recently took her first trip on a plane – a flight to the sun-soaked Central American tourism hot spot, Costa Rica, to stay at a four-star hotel with a local driver and personal concierge – but a full-fledged vacation this is not. Because of a family history of diabetes andContinue reading “American medical tourists visit other countries to save”
As Some Companies Turn to Health Exchanges, G.E. Seeks a New Path by Reed Abelson
CINCINNATI — Although the new federal health care law is designed to help people buying individual policies, even people with employer-provided policies are beginning to see changes in their coverage as companies rethink health care for their workers, discontinuing it in a few cases and redesigning it in many others. They are motivated by aContinue reading “As Some Companies Turn to Health Exchanges, G.E. Seeks a New Path by Reed Abelson”
High cost of cancer drugs; lung cancer story
High Cost Cancer Drugs Cancer drugs constitute the second biggest category of drugs in the United States behind cholesterol-lowering medicines, and accounted for $17.8 billion of total prescription drug sales of $286.5 billion in 2007, according to IMS Health, a health care information company. Spending on drugs for cancer grew 14 percent last year, fasterContinue reading “High cost of cancer drugs; lung cancer story”