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Buying Georgia Health Insurance When You Have High Blood Pressure
Most people who have high blood pressure and want to buy health insurance in Georgia will not have any problem finding coverage. As long as your pressure is within normal range, whether controlled by diet and exercise or medication, usually will not prevent or hinder you from getting major medical insurance. There are exceptions of course. If [...]
Loose Change
Seems there is a hole in the pocket of our trusted Congress critters. A hole big enough to do a lot of things, including paying for a good portion of Obamacare. But no one wants to do anything about it. If Obamacare becomes law, the IRS will be put in charge of compliance. Their job will be to make sure everyone who is supposed to buy health [...]
Gaucher's Tags a Facebook Friend
A few weeks ago I signed up for a Facebook account, not really knowing what to expect. In a very short time I found a world that was, and still is, somewhat foreign to me. I have a Twitter account but so far have not seen the value in reading about what someone had for breakfast or knowing that their dog pooped on the carpet. I thought Facebook [...]
Georgia Health Care Reform – Rx for Doctors
Just because you have health insurance in Atlanta, Georgia does not mean you have access to health care. A lot depends on the kind of health insurance you have in determining which doctors, if any, are willing to treat you. Traditional health insurance plans from companies like Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross, United and Humana will get you in the door [...]
Hold the Mayo
Mayo Clinics are one of the premier treatment centers in the U.S. and have been praised by Obama as a "national model for efficient health care", but there is a problem. As of today, January 1, 2010, the Glendale Arizona Mayo clinic will no longer treat Medicare patients. Why? Because the government pays too little . . . The Mayo organization [...]
Is Not For Profit Health Insurance the Answer?
All of the rhetoric about health insurance reform seems to eventually come down to an argument about . . . PROFIT. I seriously doubt those who say a profit motive is what is driving up the cost of health care, and health insurance premiums, have any real understanding of the economics of profit. If they have a college degree at all it is most [...]
Santa's Christmas Miracle
This is a true story, as told by a professional Santa Claus of a real Christmas miracle which he experienced. A story that I think will cause YOU to believe ... Three years ago, a little boy and his grandmother came to see my Santa at Mayfair Mall in Wisconsin. The child climbed up on his lap, holding a picture of a little girl. "Who is [...]
Obamacare Continues to Grow
While Congress wants you to believe you are getting a Christmas present in the form of health insurance reform it is beginning to look more like a lump of coal. The reckless spending and political vote buying (with our money) is one thing, but the Senate bill is beginning to look like a "cram everything you can into this law because we may never [...]
10 Health Care Money Saving Tips
Saving money on Atlanta Georgia health insurance is synonymous with saving money on health care. Each affects the other both when purchasing health insurance and going forward after the purchase. When you apply for health insurance in Georgia, underwriters look at any and all medications you are taking, or have taken during the last 3 years. More [...]
