Tag: Health

Here’s how you should buy health insurance for senior citizen parents

April 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Recently, my friend Jaideep’s father was hospitalised for heart-related complications. The eighty-year-old successfully underwent treatment while being in the ICU for 20 days, for which the hospitalisation bill worked out to Rs 7 lakh. To his surprise, while he had taken health insurance for his father, he got reimbursement for only half of the amount. …

Healthy Parenting

When kids get health insurance through Medicaid and CHIP, their moms b

April 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The big idea When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, their families benefit, too. That’s what I found through recent research conducted with two fellow health economists, Daniel S. Grossman and Barton Willage. And it was particularly true for the children’s mothers, who become 5% more…

Treatment

Tenet Health says systems are coming back, calls patient worries ‘preposterous’

April 24, 2022 Sharika Soukup

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — WPTV has learned new information from Tenet Health regarding ongoing telephone and computer problems at St. Mary’s Medical Center and Good Samaritan Medical Center. Telephone service and some information systems at the hospitals have been hobbled since Wednesday for reasons unknown. Patients and staff have contacted WPTV NewsChannel 5 expressing…

Medical Supplies

How to choose a health insurance plan that saves money

April 23, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Most Americans struggle to figure out which health insurance plan will save them money. It is a process that can be confusing, time-consuming and costly. A study of almost 24,000 employees at a major Fortune 100 company found that 61% of them chose the wrong plan for their needs. The average employee could have saved…

Treatment

Ready to reach out: Healing Hands Health Center celebrates new facility | Business

April 23, 2022 Sharika Soukup

BRISTOL, Tenn. — Healing Hands Health Center has served thousands of uninsured patients throughout the region over the past 24 years. Now, the Bristol, Tennessee, nonprofit will continue its mission with a new education center and student dormitory. MARINA WATERS [email protected] “This space has allowed us to grow,” Healing Hands Executive Director Helen Scott told…

Insurance

Trahan announces $2 million to improve Lawrence Family Health Center | Merrimack Valley

April 22, 2022 Sharika Soukup

Trahan announces million to improve Lawrence Family Health Center | Merrimack Valley

LAWRENCE — Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) visited with state and community leaders Thursday morning at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center to announce $2 million in federal funding. The money, Trahan explained, will be used to expand primary health services offered to patients at the 700 Essex St. facility. The group toured the facility and…

Insurance

Health insurance giant now says 5,000 Vermonters’ coverage at risk in contract dispute

April 21, 2022 Sharika Soukup

The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 6:48 p.m. In the nick of time, the University of Vermont Health Network has reached an agreement to continue accepting health insurance from thousands of Vermonters covered by UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurer. The hospital network and the insurer…

Treatment

Consuming this diet during pregnancy may reduce preeclampsia risk | Health

April 21, 2022 Sharika Soukup

According to new research, following a Mediterranean-style diet during pregnancy was associated with a reduced risk of developing preeclampsia. Black women appeared to have the greatest reduction of risk. The findings of the study were published in the ‘Journal of the American Heart Association’. (Also read: Researchers reveal hidden problem of loss of appetite during…

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