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Types of Individual Disability Income Insurance Health Insurance Type: Accident-Only Plans When looking for disability income insurance, several options are available on the individual side. First, there’s accident-only coverage, meaning this health insurance type will pay for disabilities caused by accidents. It will not, however, cover disabilities caused by illnesses […]

Health Insurance Type(s) – Disability Income Insurance


Shannon Culp, COO of Empower Brokerage, sat down with Rita Ratcliff, a licensed agent who’s been in the insurance industry for more than 20 years. For Rita, the number one questions her customers ask is: “Why can’t I buy health insurance that’s affordable, accepted by doctors and hospitals, and is […]

Reasons to Consider Short Term Medical Plans







Health trends are ever changing, but the ones that always gain the most attention are those promoted by famous celebrities. Not only are they strange, but most are outside of traditional medical science, which begs the question: Are they even safe and effective? According to the NCCIH (National Center for Complementary […]

The Truth Behind 6 Celebrity Health Trends


Nutritional recommendations and dietary fads are constantly changing. “There is widespread chaos in the world of nutrition,” says Andrew Freeman, the director of cardiovascular prevention and wellness at National Jewish Health in Denver. “It seems recommendations swing back and forth all the time.” In an attempt to prove which food […]

Which Food Fads Are Actually Worth Trying


South Korean Women May Live Longer than 90 on Average Imperial College London and the World Health Organization analyzed the average lifespans in 35 industrialized countries; their research was then published in The Lancet. Their analysis predicted that people would be living longer by 2030. Moreover, they conclude that the lifespan disparity between […]

US Projected to Have Low Life Expectancy Rate by 2030



With a new administration underway and Trump’s promise to repeal Obama’s signature healthcare law, many women have expressed their concern about no longer receiving affordable contraception, which is included in ACA’s essential benefits. Even before the 2016 presidential campaign and election raised questions and concerns about healthcare, Google Trends consistently had “birth […]

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