As the United States buckle up for a change in administration and leadership, several economic changes are taking place, with repealing Obamacare being among the major ones. Before the Trump Administration came into power, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped millions of people, both employees and self-employed, to get health insurance at affordable rates. However, [...]
With the new white house administration, a top priority is the repeal of ‘Obamacare’. When Obamacare was implemented a few years ago, there were parts of it that were good and parts not as well thought out as they should’ve been. Regardless of political party opinion, Obamacare was a step in the right direction in [...]
Donald Trump and the Republicans have been diligently working to set the “repeal and replace Obamacare” plan in motion, but they have yet to spell out their strategies for addressing the host of problems that will arise afterwards. The only thing people are certain about is that the healthcare insurance rates are going to sharply [...]
When it’s cold outside, exposing your body to the temperature as well as exerting yourself in the winter weather can impact your health. Cold weather is associated with risk for heart attack, trouble breathing, and frost bite and hypothermia. What’s going on in your body when you’re exposed to cold? When your body is exposed [...]
The Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, was introduced into the America’s healthcare system about seven years ago with the aim to provide access to medical care to the citizens. Since 2010, the uninsured rate has dropped about 38 percent, and more than 19.2 million people have gained health insurance. But after Donald [...]
Everyday regular, trusting, hard-working people fall victim to scams involving investments. This happens all over the world, not just in our country. Many times, victims are associated by profession, friendship, religious affiliation, and other associations they belong to. Why does this happen in an ‘associated group’ way? Because scammers know that large scale success lies [...]
Planning is valuable for many reasons and helps to ‘normalize’ things when you find yourself in the middle of an unexpected life event. A death, a critical illness, job loss, new family member, an inheritance, divorce, or a catastrophic event that can cause a major financial detour. How you plan will help determine how you [...]
Critical Illness insurance has an interesting history in that it was started by a doctor, Dr. Marius Barnard. Dr. Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon and was a member of the medical team (headed by his brother Christiaan Barnard) that performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant back in 1967. While practicing medicine he [...]
Regardless of your health, start 2017 out right by scheduling your Annual Exam. An Annual Exam is one where you visit your physician because you want to ‘screen’ for possible issues, and is done as a preventative care appointment. These screening tests will provide you with information on lab results that are in normal ranges, [...]
Flu (Influenza) is a serious illness that can lead to hospitalization, and for those with compromised immune systems can result in death. Every flu season is different, and the symptoms of flu can be different season to season. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), between 1976 and 2007, flu associated deaths [...]
