Want free health care?
No, this is not a joke. Truly free for uninsured and those who have lost their job.
Walgreens said patients who lose their job and health insurance after March 31 will be able to get free treatment at its in-store Take Care clinics for respiratory problems, allergies, infections and skin conditions, among other [...]
Entries from March 31st, 2009
Free Health Care! Really!
March 31st, 2009 Comments Off
Tags: guaranteed acceptance · health care · health insurance
Start Smoking, Help a Child
March 31st, 2009 Comments Off
Want to help children have access to health care?
Start smoking.
If you already smoke, pick up the pace.
Congress needs your help to fund the SCHIP program that provides government run health insurance for poor families who earn up to $44,000 per year.
While a tobacco tax is a politically popular funding source, it has several significant shortcomings:
A [...]
Tags: health care · health insurance · stupid government tricks
What Do MERP’s and Georgia Health Insurance Have in Common?
March 26th, 2009 Comments Off
What is a MERP and what does it have to do with Georgia health insurance?
A long time client called the other day with the same question. He has a high deductible health plan with an HSA, but needed a way to extend his tax breaks beyond the limit of the HSA. A family member needed [...]
Tags: Georgia · health insurance · HSA
Your Dental Dollars at Work
March 26th, 2009 Comments Off
Ever wonder about how dental plans work? For some, they work too well.
Many may not know it, but Medicaid covers dental care. This taxpayer funded program for low income people has pretty good benefits . . . if you can find a dentist willing to accept the low reimbursement levels.
In Georgia the number that seems [...]
Tags: dental · dentist · stupid government tricks
Finding Insurance Online
March 25th, 2009 Comments Off
At Georgia Insurance Shop your information is never sold. You can review plans, quote and apply all on your own. You can also contact us with any questions.
Sounds easy, right?
What happens when you go online and end up on a site like 2insure4less? As soon as you submit your application, you get two or more [...]
Tags: health insurance
AIG Bailout
March 25th, 2009 Comments Off
Only this is of a different kind . . .
Read the resignation letter of Jake DeSantis all the way through. Then ask yourself this. If folks like Mr. DeSantis will not be around to try and turn around AIG, then how will we, the taxpayer, get back our $170,000,000,000 or so? Will Barney Frank and [...]
Tags: stupid government tricks
A Georgia Health Insurance Coin Has 2 Sides
March 25th, 2009 Comments Off
This story about Georgia health insurance resonates with a lot of people. Maybe it will for you as well.
A coin has 2 sides. Sometimes people will flip a coin to make a decision. Heads they do something, tails they don’t. Or sometimes heads and they choose plan A, tails they go with plan B. [...]
Tags: accident · health insurance
Good News, Bad News
March 24th, 2009 Comments Off
After trudging through deserts, swamps and steamy jungles for days, the troops were called to order and addressed by the Commander.
“We have good news, and we have bad news. First, the good news. Everyone get’s a change of underwear.”
Cheers go up from the crowd.
“Now, the bad news. Joe, you change with Sam. Sam, you change [...]
Tags: government mandates · health care · health insurance · stupid government tricks
Meals Served with a Health Insurance Garnish
March 24th, 2009 Comments Off
When I first read this, I thought my eyes were deceiving me. Can it be true that the Golden Gate (as in San Francisco) Restaurant Association has actually filed a suit to STOP the city from requiring employers to provide health insurance?
Deputy City Attorney Vince Chhabria said he’ll file a response to the emergency request [...]
Tags: dental · health care · health insurance
An Ounce (or perhaps two) of Prevention
March 24th, 2009 Comments Off
First a confession. I am the poster child for the National Couch Potato Society.
Just ask my wife.
I don’t eat right, I rarely exercise. Most of my day (and much of the night) is spent on the phone with clients while staring at a computer screen.
I don’t smoke but I do enjoy a glass of wine [...]
Tags: health care · prevention
