A recent Boston Herald article describes the trouble that some seniors have paying for prescriptions in the Medicare coverage gap, commonly referred to as the “donut hole.” The article tells the story of Judith Pais, who ran out of her medication in November and had to wait until the new year to purchase her prescriptions because the cost of [...]
Many would agree that health insurance reform ranked among the biggest political issue of the past decade. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act bookended the 2010s, from becoming law under President Obama to experiencing changes under President Trump, with legal challenges serving as a constant throughout. The state of healthcare in the United States remains a significant [...]
Unfortunately, you may have slept right through Open Enrollment and missed your opportunity to enroll in an ACA plan. Don’t let yourself go bare. If you still need coverage this year, but don’t have a qualifying event, we’ve got some of the best options to help you meet their needs. Short Term Medical plans that [...]
Are you setting some personal goals or resolutions you want to accomplish in 2020? Consider putting some health-related suggestions from the pharmacist on your list. Making just a few small changes can help you stay on track with your healthcare and ensure you will have a happy and healthy 2020. Clean out the medicine cabinet [...]
When the Trump administration decided in 2017 to stop reimbursing insurers for cost-sharing reductions on silver-level plans for those who qualify, carriers responded by raising the price of their silver-level plans across the board, a practice known as “silver loading.” A recent Fierce Healthcare article reports on this practice, noting that the effect on consumers is vastly different depending [...]
As cold and flu season approaches, you will inevitably be exposed to a coworker who shouldn’t be at work (their cough or runny nose will tell you so). But how sick is too sick? If you have the symptoms on this list, you are not going to perform your best AND you may transmit disease. Stay [...]
The festivities of the holiday season are well upon us. Like the rest of your fellow Americans, you are now under the constant bombardment of twinkling lights, plastic garland, nostalgic movies on every television channel, corny Christmas tunes escaping elevator speakers, the daily onslaught of Amazon boxes on your doorstep and of course, the building [...]
You could have high cholesterol and not know it. That’s because high cholesterol doesn’t have signs or symptoms until it’s too late and you experience a stroke or heart attack. But many Americans won’t go to their healthcare provider to get tested. In fact, 40% of Americans don’t go to the doctor for medical tests [...]
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