Tag Archives: health

HealthCare.gov may be in trouble

Massive system problems plagued the launch of HealthCare.gov in October 2013. During the two years before the disastrous opening of HealthCare.gov, federal officials in charge of creating the online insurance marketplace received 18 written warnings that the mammoth project was … Continue reading

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Employers ignoring PPACA wellness incentives

Few employers seem interested in taking advantage of the wellness incentives of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. That was one of the key findings of a study released Monday by Virgin HealthMiles and Workforce magazine. Nearly 10,000 employees … Continue reading

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The good news about electronic health records

  The acceptance of electronic health records has certainly been slower and faced more criticism than one might have expected from a trend that seemed inevitable in a world that has largely replaced paper with pixels. But EHRs are getting … Continue reading

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Dementia’s on the decline–but why?

One of the challenges of longer life expectancies is dealing with an increased number of people suffering from conditions that come with old age, particularly dementia. But the good news is that just as people are living longer, those who … Continue reading

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Will healthy retirees pay more for retirement?

How much should the cost of health care be factored into retirement savings rates? That depends on what health conditions will have to be treated. New research from Empower Retirement, the nation’s second largest retirement plan record keeper by number … Continue reading

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Why we need health insurance agents

To the Editor, Alan Canton’s recent opinion column published on the LifeHealthPro website creates an unfair distortion of insurance professionals. The people Mr. Canton describes in his broadside against critics of the Affordable Care Act do not resemble the many … Continue reading

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Sitting at work might not kill you

Maybe sitting isn’t the new smoking. Or even the new soft drink. A recent study pushes back on the increasingly popular theory that sitting for hours on end is a significant detriment to one’s health. “Sitting time was not associated … Continue reading

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Will 4.5 days be the new work week?

Want to enhance your benefits package to entice your top performers to hang around and lure new talent to your team? Offer them a half day’s work on Friday — it’s by far the No. 1 perk desired by employees. … Continue reading

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Obama says he’s sorry Americans losing insurance

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he\’s sorry Americans are losing health insurance plans he repeatedly said they could keep under his signature health care law. But the president stopped short of apologizing for making those promises in the … Continue reading

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What the feds are telling health producers now

The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) is continuing to stay out of the battle over health insurance producer compensation. But CCIIO, the arm of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in charge of overseeing the … Continue reading

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