short-term plan
President Trump’s Executive Order to Extend Short-Term Plan Length Tuesday, President Trump’s administration proposed a way for Americans to receive short-term health plans that do not follow ACA protocol. As many know, the ACA holds short-term plans to meet certain requirements in order to be purchasable by citizens. What exactly was proposed by […]

President Trump’s Executive Order to Extend Short Term Plan length

coping with grief
Coping with Grief after the Loss of a Loved One At some point in our lives, we all experience the death of a loved one. This could be a very grim experience, and for many, they would like to forget about it altogether. It is hard not only to come […]

Coping with Grief after the Loss of a Loved One

What Is a Pre-Existing Condition? Today, Jeff Hess, the ACA product specialist at Empower Brokerage, is covering pre-existing conditions because some consumers are confused about what is considered a preexisting condition. Jeff explains some of the factors that categorize a condition as a pre-existing condition. For a comprehensive summary of pre-existing conditions, click here. Definition Pre-existing conditions all run on a basic scale across the board. Anything that has […]

What Is Considered a Pre-Existing Condition?

health benefits of being in love
The Health Benefits of Being in Love You might have read a recent post about how being single can benefit your health. Well, does that mean being in a relationship or being in love has negative effects on you? It doesn’t; in fact, being infatuated has just as many health benefits […]

The Health Benefits of Being in Love

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Rise in US Healthcare Spending The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) are projecting that the healthcare industry spending in 2018 will increase. On average, the United States spends around $3.2 trillion on healthcare each year. Despite increased spending, the US still has a lower life expectancy and worse health than […]

Rise in US Healthcare Spending

fitbit
Fitbit Gains Strides in Healthcare Market As developers come together to solve healthcare needs, the tech world has abruptly entered the health insurance world. The healthcare industry has been rapidly evolving, especially since JP Morgan and Amazon merged and the advancements of Apple and Google. Other digital health systems are also trying […]

Fitbit Makes Strides in Healthcare with the Acquisition of Twine Health

single
Health Benefits of the Single Life With Valentine’s Day over, single people are now emerging back from their homes into the world. Sometimes it’s frustrating to be single, but have you heard of the health benefits of being single? Today, I’m going to give you a list of reasons why being […]

Health Benefits of the Single Life

american budget
The President Trump Administration Releases 2019 American Budget We were all waiting to see the healthcare budget, and on Monday night, President Trump presented it. Including another try to repeal Obamacare, the budget also notably cut spending in half. There were also major cuts proposed for items, such as food […]

The President Trump Administration Releases 2019 American Budget

Artificial intelligence
Google Producing Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare What if you could provide accurate medical information and get more accurate diagnoses? This might be possible with Google developing a version of artificial intelligence that could predict the outcome of your hospital visit by simply entering more accurate information about yourself. This isn’t the […]

Are AI Bots the Future of Healthcare?

funding bill
Government Re-Opens after Short Shutdown with a New Funding Bill Last week the looming government shutdown was stopped with a short-term bill. This is the second time in the last 2 months that a shutdown was a very real possibility. The bill, called the funding bill, was approved by the […]

Government Re-Opens after Short Shutdown with a New Funding Bill