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Wednesday, June 03, 2015

An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann

An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann

Under Obamacare, health insurance companies that want to jack up their premiums by more than 10 percent in a year are required to submit their requests to state and federal regulators for review.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services posted all of those petitions online in an easily searchable database, which revealed that a number of insurers are, in fact, asking for double-digit rate hikes.

As Politico notes, some large plans could theoretically get 20 or even 30 percent more expensive.

The New York Times found one insurer in Georgia looking to up its premiums by as much as 85 percent. The Wall Street Journal, which reported on the news earlier after states began making the filings public, thinks it is "setting the stage for an intense debate this summer over the law’s impact."

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An Insurer Wants to Raise Its Obamacare Premiums by 85 Percent. Don't Sweat It. by Jordan Weissmann

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/06/02/obamacare_2016_premiums_insurers_ask_for_big_rate_hikes.html?wpsrc=slatest_newsletter&sid=5388f43add52b8e41100cd7e

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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

17 Surprising Reasons You're Stressed Out

17 Surprising Reasons You're Stressed Out: "By Amanda MacMillan

You're probably all too aware of the major sources of stress in your life -- money, your terrible commute, the construction workers who start jackhammering at 5 a.m. But stress and anxiety don't have to just come from obvious or even negative sources. "There are plenty of chronic strains and low-grade challenges that don't necessarily overwhelm you in the moment, but almost take more of a toll in the long run," says Scott Schieman, Ph.D., professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. These are some of unexpected reasons why you might feel anxious or agitated. By recognizing them for what they are, says Schieman, you can better prepare to cope." ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/21/surprising-stress-causes_n_6849250.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Anxiety No More - Tips for Beating Anxiety Without Medication

Anxiety No More - Tips for Beating Anxiety Without Medication: http://www.chacha.com/gallery/3390/tips-for-beating-anxiety-without-medication/32613

"ANXIETY NO MORE 1 OF 12

If you struggle with any level of anxiety, you know that it's one of the most frightening feelings you can have. Once you are set off, you can become almost paralyzed by fear, unable to take care of even basic tasks. When these attacks happen at night, it can make it nearly impossible to fall asleep, which then affects your behavior throughout the entire day.

The particularly scary thing about having an anxiety attack is that it can come out of nowhere, and the symptoms resemble those of heart attacks and other serious health problems. When the person begins to imagine that something more serious is wrong, the anxiety worsens, as do the symptoms. It's a vicious cycle of fear and pain.

For many people who suffer from severe anxiety disorders, medications are available to help combat the symptoms. Though this can be beneficial, many people search for behavioral alternatives to deal with their anxiety on a daily basis rather than taking medications.

Click through this gallery for 10 ideas of small ways you can fight anxiety without medication!" http://www.chacha.com/gallery/3390/tips-for-beating-anxiety-without-medication/32613

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Independent - Hope Whitmore: As someone who's also autistic, the response to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's panic attack has horrified me - Comment - Voices - The Independent

As someone who's also autistic, the response to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's panic attack has horrified me - Comment - Voices - The Independent:

HOPE WHITMORE

Tuesday 23 December 2014

As someone who's also autistic, the response to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's panic attack has horrified me

It's easy for the media to jump to conclusions rather than looking into the terrifying world of mental health problems

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/as-someone-whos-also-autistic-the-response-to-tara-palmertomkinsons-panic-attack-has-horrified-me-9943152.html

The other day a woman who is on the autistic spectrum, and who has a long history of struggling with addiction, had a panic attack at Heathrow Airport. The reaction one would expect would be sympathy - "How awful to be so ill! To lose control, to be reduced to shaking, shouting, crying with fear."

Instead, the British Press greeted the news with glee, mercilessly ripping into Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. According to the Mail, her "tantrum" occured because she was "denied access to a first class lounge", while The Sun ran the headline "Tara Nicked By 8 Gun Cops."

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"To make it a spectacle to be gawped at is even worse, alienating mentally ill people and making them think they need to hide their problems rather than seeking help. In a year where much has been written about the importance of removing the stigma of mental illness, parts of the media still approach the topic with the sensibility of playground builles.

More than one in ten people have a disabling anxiety disorder at some point in their life, according to Anxiety UK. Should these people then feel like failures? People who have let down their friends and families? Of course not.

The media’s crowing over Tara Palmer-Tomkinson’s illness is not only deeply cruel to her as an individual, it is also disrespectful to the many people in the UK who suffer from anxiety and panic."

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/as-someone-whos-also-autistic-the-response-to-tara-palmertomkinsons-panic-attack-has-horrified-me-9943152.html

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard - NYTimes.com

Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard - NYTimes.com:

By ROBERT PEARJAN. 5, 2015

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/us/health-care-fixes-backed-by-harvards-experts-now-roil-its-faculty.html?emc=edit_th_20150106&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=45685287&_r=0

"WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.

"Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the heart of the 378-year-old university, voted overwhelmingly in November to oppose changes that would require them and thousands of other Harvard employees to pay more for health care. The university says the increases are in part a result of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, which many Harvard professors championed."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/us/health-care-fixes-backed-by-harvards-experts-now-roil-its-faculty.html?emc=edit_th_20150106&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=45685287&_r=0

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Shingles can strike twice. Will the shingles vaccine help? - Harvard Health Blog - Harvard Health Publications

Shingles can strike twice. Will the shingles vaccine help? - Harvard Health Blog - Harvard Health Publications: Shingles can strike twice. Will the shingles vaccine help?

POSTED MARCH 02, 2011, 2:20 PM Peter Wehrwein, Contributor, Harvard Health

This month’s Harvard Health Letter has an article about getting shingles a second time or even a third time. (Click here to read the full article.) The bottom line is that recurrence is a) certainly possible and b) if some recent research is correct, much more common than previously thought and about as likely as getting shingles in the first place if you’re age 60 or older.

I talked to Barbara P. Yawn, director of research at the Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester, Minn., for the March article and mentioned results that she and her colleagues first presented at a conference several years ago.

Yawn reported a more complete version of those results in last month’s issue of theMayo Clinic Proceedings (a favorite journal of mine). Full text of the study isn’t available unless you have a subscription to the journal, but here is a link to a summary (in medical publishing, such summaries are called abstracts).... http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/shingles-can-strike-twice-will-the-shingles-vaccine-help-201103021531

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Sunday, November 02, 2014

Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life - Cancer, Health, Medicine, Real People Stories : People.com

Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life - Cancer, Health, Medicine, Real People Stories : People.com:

"BY NICOLE WEISENSEE EGAN @nweisenseeegan 11/02/2014 AT 07:35 PM EST

Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon. She was 29. " http://www.people.com/article/brittany-maynard-died-terminal-brain-cancer

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Monday, October 27, 2014

A (night) in the life of a night shift nurse | RN Meets World

A (night) in the life of a night shift nurse | RN Meets World:

http://rnmeetsworld.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/a-night-in-the-life-of-a-night-shift-nurse/

"A few months ago, Nurse Eye Roll posted a post entitled A Day in the Life of a Nurse (all credit for this idea goes to her). Without further ado, here is the flip side of that, what happens in the wee hours of the night when day shift is off the clock, our patients are all “asleep”, and it’s always 7am somewhere.

Dedicated to all of you hard working night shift nurses who are reading this on your smart phones right now while trying to pass the time."

http://rnmeetsworld.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/a-night-in-the-life-of-a-night-shift-nurse/

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When my H&H comes back

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Patient is finally asleep and I realize I left something in their room

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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Nurses, & The ABUSE They Endure! | Kitchen Table Devotions

Nurses, & The ABUSE They Endure! | Kitchen Table Devotions:

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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Prevent Medical Bills From Spoiling Credit | Bankrate.com

Prevent Medical Bills From Spoiling Credit | Bankrate.com:

http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit/prevent-medical-bills-from-spoiling-credit.aspx?ec_id=cmct_01_comm_PF_mainlink

"Prevent medical bills from spoiling credit
By Liz Weston • Bankrate.com

Medical bills that wind up in collections hurt your credit scores more than they should.

That was the conclusion the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reached after studying 5 million credit reports. The federal regulator tracked how well credit scores predicted people's future creditworthiness after medical bills showed up on their reports.

The answer: Not that well. The CFPB says people with medical collections generally paid their other obligations on par with those whose credit scores were 10 points higher. And those who paid off their medical collections should have received scores 16 to 22 points higher on average."

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Thursday, May 08, 2014

HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU HAVE LEFT?

Watch your age in the upper right corner!

Kinda fun to watch your age go up and down as you answer the questions.

Now this is interesting, give it a try.

How long will you live?

This is a calculator that estimates your life expectancy.

It was developed by Northwestern Mutual Life.

It's interesting that there are only 13 questions.

Yet, they can predict how long you're likely to live.

http://media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan

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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Obamacare cost shockwave hits local schools equals bad news for Congressional Democrats

Americans for Limited Government:

Obamacare cost shockwave hits local schools equals bad news for Congressional Democrats

By Rick Manning

Calvert County, Maryland is a small, wealthy exurban enclave of Washington, DC, wedged between the Chesapeake Bay and the historic Patuxent River.

A tradition rich locale whose county flag features a tobacco leaf symbolizing the historic crop that dominated the landscape even into the 21^st century, the County school system is one of the best in the state.

But now the school system has a problem – Obamacare.

The system faces a 13.7 percent increase in health care costs next year, as previously uncovered substitute teachers get covered and the overall policy costs are higher.

A Southern Maryland News article by Sara Newman spells out the bad news for everyone in the school system. Victoria Karol, the District's acting director of human resources explains that there is hope that the County will be able to deal with the costs through negotiations with the teacher and administrator unions.

"We're going to have to work closely with those other unions and develop a health care committee," Victoria Karol said. "We're going to have to open a health care article next year in negotiations to help with this."

Newman quotes Nancy Highsmith, the newly appointed interim superintendent for the Schools as predicting, "There's no doubt we have got to bring health care on the table next year during negotiations. We cannot sustain this."

But Highsmith is not just looking toward the teacher's union, but also is targeting taxpayers who fund the District through taxes paid to the Calvert County government saying, "These are going to be very serious conversations we have to have with the county commissioners."

Calvert County Commissioner Evan Slaughenhoupt responds to these school administrators saying, "We've been able to stretch during this economic downturn and could be at the precipice of where discussions about reducing services could become a reality. Both the school system and the county employees performed extraordinarily at high standards while we have absorbed reduced revenue and increased costs. Time is of the essence now to prepare for the upcoming fiscal years."

This is the exact type of discussion that school districts and local governments are having across the nation as the reality of Obamacare hits their budgets. How do they pay for it?

Should teachers and administrators be forced to pay the additional costs through increased deductions in paycheck deductions, should taxpayers pay higher taxes, or should there be budget cuts that impact the education, police, fire and social services that local government provides their constituents?

At a time when Obamacare supporters, like Calvert County's U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer, double down in support of the law, this new reality and the choices being forced upon local elected officials hit home for their constituents.

As former House Speaker Tip O'Neill famously noted, "all politics is local." Now that Obamacare is impacting local schools and public services, that truism promises disaster for those who foisted it upon the public and continue to refuse to repeal it.

Just a small lessen from the geographically smallest county in the deepest blue state of Maryland.

Rick Manning is vice president of public policy and communications for Americans for Limited Government and a resident of Calvert County, Maryland.

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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Man at Hospital Ordered to Pay $525 for Refilling 89-Cent Drink - Trending Now on Patch - Westminster, MD Patch

Man at Hospital Ordered to Pay $525 for Refilling 89-Cent Drink - Trending Now on Patch - Westminster, MD Patch:

http://westminster.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/man-at-hospital-ordered-to-pay-525-for-refilling-89cent-drink

Man also banned from working at VA Medical Center. Posted by Todd Richissin (Editor) , April 17, 2014

"The cost of a drink isn't what it used to be for a North Charleston man who was slapped with a $525 fine for refilling his 89-cent drink and now faces federal charges.

On-site construction worker Chris Lewis told WCSC News he didn't know refills at the VA Medical Center in downtown Charleston weren't free.

A hospital spokesperson called it a "theft of government property," the station reported." Read more: http://westminster.patch.com/groups/trending-in-america/p/man-at-hospital-ordered-to-pay-525-for-refilling-89cent-drink

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Monday, March 31, 2014

London skeletons reveal secrets of the Black Death - The Washington Post

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

What you don't know about drinking and pregnancy: Four mothers tell their stories - Anchorage Daily News

What you don't know about drinking and pregnancy: Four mothers tell their stories

Heavy drinking by a pregnant mother, even just a party or two, can do lifelong damage to an unborn baby when the embryo is no larger than the period...

Jamie Gagnon says she struggled with alcoholism and a difficult home life while she was pregnant with her second daughter. Now she says her daughter, who was diagnosed with an FASD in 2012, inspires her to stay away from alcohol. She has been sober for nearly five years, she says.

Anchorage public to legislators: 'Support Education!'

Anchorage residents continued the conversation with legislators Saturday where they left off in January: decrying the lack of state support for education...

Outside the Loussac Library in Anchorage on Saturday, protesters rallied for an increase in state education spending while lawmakers conducted a public forum inside.

Police: Man in critical condition after crash that closed Glenn Highway early Sunday

Two people were hospitalized, one of them in critical condition, after a crash that closed outbound lanes of the Glenn Highway at the Birchwood exit early Sunday, Anchorage police said.

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Sweep for South ski teams, sweep sorrow for South coach

The South Wolverines swept the team titles Saturday at Kincaid Park, where the state ski championships ended with relay races won by the Service girls...