Help With Applying for Medicaid

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Health care is important for all people. Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to pay insurance deductibles and policy premiums. Medicaid is the federally funded insurance program for certain individuals and families who meet their state's Medicaid guidelines. Each state has its own requirements an

How to Recognize Prescription Drugs

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Prescription drugs are everywhere today. From a pop-up ad on your computer to a celebrity discussion about rehab, you are likely to see and hear about prescription drugs on a daily basis. With prescription drugs so common, it is important that consumers are informed and prepared to ide

Problems With American Health Care

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The American health care system is made up of the most sophisticated technologies and best-trained professionals. Unfortunately, this expertise and technology is accessible to fewer and fewer people each year. High out-of-pocket costs, health care business models and unavailable service options have

North Carolina Medicaid Requirements

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North Carolina offers the Medicaid Program to individuals who qualify. Medicaid is an insurance program for low-income people. Medicaid covers doctor and hospital bills, prescriptions, dental and vision care, nursing home care, in-home care, medical equipment, mental care, and most medical services

How to Buy Grass-Fed Beef Inexpensively

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Grass-fed beef is usually more humanely raised, being allowed to roam freely and causing less stress to the animals than if they were in confinement. There are health benefits to grass-fed beef too including being lower in fat and containing two to six times more Omega-3s than grain fed meat. It is

Rules for FSA & and HSA Accounts

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Both the flexible spending account and the health savings account allow you to pay for qualified medical expenses with tax-advantaged money. The flexible spending account is a type of account that you can access through an employer, while the health savings account is an account that you can set up

How to Pay For Universal Health Care

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Plans to ensure that universal health care is deficit-neutral involve a combination of new revenue sources, spending cuts, penalties and fees. Americans spend more than $2 trillion a year on health care, with almost half of that coming from Medicare and Medicaid. Healthcare spending is roughly ten p

Income Limitations for Medicare Part B

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Medicare Part B is medical insurance to cover services such as doctors' visits, outpatient care, home health services and some preventive services. Part B is optional insurance that you can decline when you enroll in Medicare. If you do choose to enroll in Part B, you pay a monthly premium based on

Can You Get Insurance With Preexisting Conditions?

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Healthy Americans often have little to no trouble finding quality health insurance at affordable rates. In fact, health insurance companies compete for the business of healthy individuals, expecting to make a respectable profit over the life of their insurance policies. Unfortunately, many Americans

Massachusetts Medicaid Laws

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MassHealth provides prescription drug coverage to qualifying individuals.medication image by egirldesign from Fotolia.comThe Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services oversees the state's Medicaid program, called MassHealth. MassHealth provides health coverage to low-income...

What Is an Insurance Capitation?

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In the health care industry, capitation is a payment method wherein medical providers such as doctors receive a specific amount of money for every person or group of people assigned to them. Under this method, practitioners receive fixed compensation in advance from the managed care organizations (H

Medicare Grants

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Medicare grants are funds made available to address issues with the Medicare program.cost of healthcare image by Cindy Haggerty from Fotolia.comThe United States government makes funds available through grants to address a variety of social issues and problems, ranging from food and...

Domestic Partner Insurance Laws in Ohio

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Ohio as a state does not recognize domestic partnerships and hence does not extend any benefits or have any specific laws regarding insurance and domestic partners. A number of municipalities, organizations and businesses offer benefits to the domestic partners of employees, however, including healt

Oregon Health Insurance Law

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In 2003, Oregon passed a law instituting the "Oregon Health Plan" (OHP) program, aiming to reduce the amount of money the state pays for the care of Medicaid patients. Besides reducing overall costs, the law intended to extend Medicaid coverage to a larger percentage of the state's low-income popula

How to Find a Health Coach

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Health coaching is all the rage. Search online for "health coach" and you find over 300,000 choices. Not only are there thousands of health coaches to choose from, there's no one single, agreed-upon certification or training program that helps you identify the quality coaches from the run of the mil

Explanation of Medicaid Part D

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Medicare Part D is an insurance policy for prescription drugs. It was developed to assist seniors on Medicare by lowering the cost of their prescription drugs. Provided by private insurance companies, Medicare Part D insurance can be purchased at the time you become eligible for Medicare.

Tools for Writing Nutrition Diagnostic Statements

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Clinical dietitians use nutrition diagnostic statements to define a patient's diet-related health issues. In 2003, the American Dietetic Association (ADA) established standardized language for writing nutrition diagnostic statements, which comes in the form of a PES (problem, etiology and...

How Much Time Do I Have to Get New Health Insurance When I Quit My Job?

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One of prominent factor that weighs heavily in keeping people from quitting their jobs is health insurance. The thought of losing your health insurance may be frightening when you leave your employer. Thanks to a program called COBRA, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, you can retai

Medicaid & Tennessee

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The State of Tennessee offers several programs that help low-income families and the uninsured afford the cost of medical care. The largest and oldest program is Medicaid, which is called TennCare in Tennessee. TennCare provides health care for more than 1 million residents of the state. Even more

What Is Anthem Health & Life Insurance?

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The illness or death of a loved one cannot only be emotionally draining, but financially draining, as well. Anthem is an insurance company that works with many employers to provide life insurance, health insurance and disability insurance.