Healthcare Information Guide Blog
The Healthcare Information Guide Blog helps keep you informed of what changes have been made to the site, how we answered interesting questions that came up (often making us scratch our heads!) and healthcare changes that we watch out for that may affect you or may strike your interest. Additional postings can be found on this Tumblr blog which gets updated more frequently on diverse health subjects.
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Jan 03, 2019
My terminal illness
Well, I was never given any medication or any Hospice care, but knowing I'm dying I've been talking to a lot of spirits. My family thinks it's crazy. But
Nov 08, 2018
Grief Versus Depression
How do you decide if you are feeling grief versus depression? Is there a difference? Can grief turn into depression?
Jul 11, 2018
Pet Resources: Financial, Food and Veterinary Care
In a good economy you may not need to think of pet resources; in a tougher economy, though, how do you afford low cost vet care and pet food?
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Oct 31, 2017
Why SBI is Used and Why it's Important in Creating This Site
Why SBI is used here to write about your interests, for business building and to help you succeed towards your goals.
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Jun 16, 2017
Medical Insurance Resources and References
The following are insurance resources for the entire section on your medical insurance.
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Nov 04, 2014
A Two-Tiered Healthcare System Coming Soon?
It may have a bit of conjecture to it, but in the near future, as a result of the decrease of physicians/providers and the increase in the insured, there's a 2-tiered health system coming.
One tier would have insurance outside of the Obamacare offerings, paid out-of-pocket in some manner. The other tier would be the rest, because the insurance reimburses at below-market levels for services provided.
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Apr 06, 2014
Palliative Care as a Healthcare Provider
A doctor writes about his patient, a nurse, and her thoughts of receiving palliative care for ovarian cancer. This article outlines how this care helped her to face the change in her health.
Jan 22, 2014
9 Health Insurance Terms That are Confusing Consumers
Premium, deductible, co-pay, coinsurance, maximum out-of-pocket, provider network, covered services, annual limits on services and excluded services; now that's all quite a mouthful.
And apparently it can be confusion to people when they are in the marketplace for health insurance. Get a bit of clarification with this article.
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Nov 24, 2013
Health Insurance Calculator
If you are trying to determine what (some) of your costs will be for health insurance, given the change in the Affordable Care Act's making it a necessity to have, this calculator will help. It does not collect your personal information, and gives an estimate of your premiums and any applicable subsidies.
Sep 23, 2013
Denial based on 6 month waiting period
I was denied based on a 6 month waiting period for urogenital disorders, after my doctor ordered me to have an ultrasound to rule out that I had testicular
Sep 12, 2013
How to Charge Several Hundred Dollars for Salt, Water and a Plastic Bag
Many of the questions that we get are about insurance (or lack of it) and occasionally we'll get one about the cost of hospital bills.
This article from the NY Times examines how an IV bag of normal saline (salt water) can cost so much on your bill.
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Aug 31, 2013
White Smoke...or was it something else?
When my dear father was dying, the last few days were the worst. He was in bed, comatose, the last two days. At one point, I was in his room with him.
Aug 27, 2013
Businesses Changing Their Health Coverage in Response to ACA
Love it or leave it, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, aka Obamacare) is causing businesses to change their way of looking at health insurance coverage for their employees and their family members. Some are cutting hours, others are cutting coverage from spouses who can get coverage from their own employers.
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Jul 06, 2013
Check Your Doctor's Board Certification with this Site
On this site you can check your doctor's credentials for Board Certification. It is well-rounded, also, with information on how to be effective in taking charge of your healthcare (a theme of our site), and a resource page for government, consumer group and general resources.
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Jun 26, 2013
Patent is Coming Off of Recombinant Insulins in 2014
Through 2014, the patents on 3 variations of recombinant insulin will be expiring; find out what this may mean. (Hint: biosimilars.)
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