Meet Jaqueline G. Austin Texas: “My name is Jacqueline and I’m a 19-year-old college student from Austin, Texas. Last year, I was diagnosed with Ankylosing (Ankielosing) Spondylitis, an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects my spine and has spread to most of my major joints. Without expensive biologic medications, my spine could fuse and leave me […]
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Health insurance companies every year create new products to appeal to their current subscribers or appeal to new subscribers. Now when I talk about products, I am referring to the different names you may see on your insurance card. Like Pathways Gold or Silver or Select One or Blue Prime. These products vary in cost
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Are you tired of the high cost of healthcare? Are you overwhelmed trying to navigate a complicated healthcare system? Welcome to Get Savvy…Demystifying Healthcare a weekly pod cast where we take complicated healthcare topics and make them simple. Imagine…if you could stop feeling paralyzed with FEAR and FRUSTRATION, and instead be EMPOWERED to make Smart
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Here is what I know is true, our healthcare system needs an overhaul, and that may not happen soon. In the meantime, there are things you can do to manage your health and navigate the system so you can live your best healthy life. This can start with shared decision-making which refers to the process
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Maggie wasn’t developing like other kids. Every parent’s concern when their child is not meeting the mile marker of growth…What is wrong? Mom and Dad, Holly and Dan Carmichael learn their daughter has PMM2-CDG, a potentially fatal gene mutations that cause abnormal enzyme activity. It impacts the ability to walk and eat develop normally. Sadly,
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No Middleman. No Price Games. Huge Drug Savings Sound too good to be true? I thought that as well, until I researched it and found Cost Plus Drugs to offer some significant cost savings. I hear constantly the concerns of people struggling with paying for their own medications or caring for an elderly loved one and
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Are you frustrated about not knowing what it cost for a procedure? Times are a changing. Health plan transparency helps consumers know the cost of a covered item or service BEFORE receiving care. Beginning July 1, 2022, most group health plans, and issuers of group or individual health insurance will begin posting pricing information for
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Fitbit, Apple Watch, Koretrack or Galaxy Fit, gone are the days when you see a traditional watch on someone’s wrist. Fitness trackers have dominated the market and consumers are purchasing these devices at amazing rates. According to Grand View Research, the market for wearable technology was valued at $32.6 billion in 2019 with an anticipated
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Consumer Survey Telemedicine has changed all our lives given the pandemic, but are consumers and physicians embracing the change? A recent survey, by Doximity, examined patient perspectives and physician adoption since COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, telemedicine was limited to those who lived in rural areas and at a specific site or location for a
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One of the most frustrating things when you need care is to have the procedure you need performed… DENIED. In a recent article, actor Hilary Swank took to social media to express her concerns over denied coverage for treatment of ovarian cysts. Swank’s statement: “I’m truly exhausted by the way women’s ovarian and cyclical health
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