A recent study on children without health insurance showed that in many cases, at least one of their parents is covered by insurance. More than 3 percent of were not insured: 1,380 of 39,588 children. In about 90 percent of cases, the insured parents of kids with no coverage had a private plan instead of [...]
Archive for October, 2008
U.S. has 9 million uninsured children
Published by October 27th, 2008 in Health Insurance.0 Comments
To improve health status, employees need employer’s help
Published by October 27th, 2008 in BCBSNC and Health and Wellness.0 Comments
A survey by the Washington-based National Business Group on Health found that employees want to improve their health, but they need help from their employers in order to do it. They also said that the demands of personal life, work and stress levels are preventing them from achieving their health improvement goals. The survey showed [...]
Baby boomers should plan ahead for long-term care
Published by October 27th, 2008 in Health Insurance.0 Comments
There are approximately 78 million baby boomers currently in the U.S. Experts are saying that these boomers need to be addressing issues concerning their old age, such as how they will be paying for nursing homes or health aides at their homes.
Ongoing non-medical services are not covered by Medicare, so a good option is long-term insurance. [...]
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has innovative and helpful website
Published by October 22nd, 2008 in BCBSNC and Health Insurance.0 Comments
Blue Cross and Blue Shield is an efficient, responsive and technologically innovative and advanced health insurance company. Their website, bcbsnc.com, reveals this as you will be able to access anything you need that relates to health care. Some of the things you can find on this website include coverage plan information for individuals and groups, [...]
Women who are obese seem to have more blocking them from exercise
Published by October 22nd, 2008 in Health and Wellness.0 Comments
Even though most of us can exercise, some of us just decide against it. Many tend to create their own roadblocks that hinder any willfulness to be active physically. Obese women seem to have even more standing in the way of healthy exercise than most people.
The Obesity Society recently revealed that these women come up [...]
October is breast cancer awareness month and their are reminders everywhere to do self-exams. Even though this is the case, studies continuously disclose that breast self-exams are not likely to diminish breast cancer deaths and in some cases, do more harm than good to healthy women.
This disassociation between what’s advised and research came up again [...]
BCBSNC flu shot information
Published by October 14th, 2008 in BCBSNC and Health and Wellness.0 Comments
BCBSNC wants all members to stay healthy by getting their flu shots this season. Here is some information regarding BCBSNC’s “Stick It To the Flu” 2008-2009 program:
What is staying the same as last year:
Doctors offices and worksite flu shot clinics will provide flu shots.
Groups of 100 or more employees meeting certain criteria can work with BCBSNC [...]
