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12 Feb
Health Insurance Basics: Part 1
Posted: February 12, 2024
What is Health Insurance and Why is it Important? Health insurance is a legal entitlement to payment or reimbursement for your health care costs, generally under a contract with a health insurance company. Health insurance provides important financial protection in case you have an accident or sickness. For example, health insurance may help to pay […]
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20 Dec
Why Health Insurance is Important
Posted: December 20, 2023
Protection from high medical costs Health insurance provides important financial protection in case you have a serious accident or sickness. People without health coverage are exposed to these costs. This can sometimes lead people without coverage into deep debt or even into bankruptcy. It’s easy to underestimate how much medical care can cost: Fixing a […]
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10 Apr
Fact Sheet for Consumers About the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Posted: April 10, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a consumer-facing fact sheet to help people know what to expect at the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The Department of Health and Human Services is planning for the federal PHE and the COVID-19 national emergency to expire at the end of the […]
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07 Mar
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure
Posted: March 7, 2023
Health care is expensive but there is good news: Most insurance plans come with free preventive care and benefits. There is a lot of confusion around what is and isn’t preventive care – and why it matters. Here is what you need to know. What is Preventive Care and Why Is It Important? Preventive care […]
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20 Feb
Virtual Primary Care: The New Doctor’s Office?
Posted: February 20, 2023
The pandemic gave us more reasons, and more options, to see doctors online. More and more, people are seeking out telemedicine services versus the traditional brick and mortar physician’s office. This trend includes telemental health services as well. And much like the necessity of remote work proved its potential to employers, telemedicine took hold as […]
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