Parents start making decisions about their children as soon as they are born. One of the most important decisions they make have to do with vaccinations. When trying to decide for your children, consider these important reasons you should choose to have them vaccinated. Vaccinations Protect Children from Diseases Medical Continue reading
Seeing all the TV ads and internet articles about wearable fitness tracking devices, it’s easy to believe that these simple bracelets or watches hold the key to a fitter, leaner, happier you. What could be easier? Strap on a tiny technological gadget, get moving, and the wearable tells you exactly Continue reading
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted in the US Congress and signed into force by Bill Clinton in 1996. This key health care act has two main sides – Title I is a form of health insurance protection for workers and families when they lose their jobs Continue reading
While individual Obamacare policyholders have been sorting through Affordable Care Act options and issues the last couple of years, a new option for super-small businesses quietly went into place at the end of last year. The Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) was designed to give businesses with fewer than Continue reading
So you looked at the calendar, checked your to-do list and discovered something worrying. You missed the healthcare deadline for applying for Obamacare health coverage. The Open Enrollment Period for healthcare cover for 2015 is now complete. If you want to enroll for coverage in 2016 coverage, the next round Continue reading
Hospital ratings are critically important. When a hospital has a good rating, it attracts more patients and medical professionals. The success of a medical facility is dependent on its use since that is how it makes its money. Do Hospital Ratings Matter? The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Continue reading
It can be frightening to go into the hospital for surgery or a procedure. Even if it’s a simple one, there’s always that small amount worry that something might go wrong. Researching Hospitals to Choose the Best One Many people calm their fears by researching hospitals before choosing one. This Continue reading
Open enrollment for 2015 Health Insurance Marketplace cover is over. If you don’t yet have health coverage for 2015, what can you do? What are your options? Go without cover for 2015? Get health cover elsewhere? Read on to find out what to do if you missed the 2015 open Continue reading
According to Becker’s Hospital Review, the average cost per inpatient per day across the US in 2010 was $1,625 in state/local government hospitals, $2,025 in non-profit hospitals and $1,629 in for-profit hospitals. In 2011 these figures had gone to $1,667, $2,088, and $1,628 respectively. When you are in a hospital, Continue reading
Hospital pricing rates in the US are notoriously difficult to predict, calculate, and find out. If you are unlucky enough to be involved in an accident or suffer from illness in America, you need to know what your care costs and how you are going to pay for it. How Continue reading
