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Cigna Launches Fun Online Tools Aimed at Education

Today Cigna has announced their launch of online game, quizzes, and podcasts that will educate consumers on health care.  Games can be found on Facebook, podcasts on iTunes, and all of the tools are available at itstimetofeelbetter.com.
Interestingly enough the Wall Street Journal article highlights the rewards Cinga provides for participation, “Cigna is offering rewards designed [...]

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Differing Opinions of Our Healthcare Problem

I can only imagine how many differing opinions there are about how to solve our healthcare crisis.  But how many opinions are out there about what is wrong with our healthcare system?  Dare I start a list…
Anyhow, in doing some recreational reading and email sorting this morning, I came across a link to an article [...]

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Consumer Directed Healthcare: Alive and Well

Some interesting stats from the big boys on how adoption of CDHP is going. The numbers are not staggering by any means, but it is reflective of the growing trend toward consumers having to take responsibility. The trend will only accelerate as employers shift to move consumer-centric plans.
Most of the larger companies we have spoken [...]

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We are sooooooo excited!

The proof of our book is in and people have already started to latch onto the free downloadable PDF version at My Healthcare Is Killing Me.
Seems like we might have struck a bit of a nerve.
Thanks so much to Bob Coffield for the shout out on the book. Can’t wait to catch up with him [...]

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To marry or not to marry…. for health benefits???

Good thing I have health insurance… cause I’m not ready to be married!!! Seems in a recent article by the New York Times “Health Benefits Inspire Rush to the Alter” that 7% of adults say that someone in their household had married in the past year to gain access to health insurance (according to [...]

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The Irrational World of Healthcare Billing

Saw this post on the DailyKos that just so perfectly illustrates the state of our healthcare system.
Jollygreen does a great job of breaking down his costs and pointing out how the hospitals have increased their chargemasters in an effort to drive up their reimbursement. To top it off, the hospitals are pushing through as many [...]

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Our Rates Went Down! No, Up! But Not by Much!!!!

So I just got an e-mail from our insurance company about our health insurance. I just HAD to share it with everyone. Bless their hearts, it takes s o little to get insurance folks excited, like when your premium goes up only a little bit. So here it is…
Robert, it is not often that [...]

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The High Cost of…Well…Everything

So with the high cost of energy and that subsequently driving the cost of many things including delivering goods and services, it is small wonder that healthcare is starting to see people cut back.
I’ve seen a good number of articles already on people allowing their insurance coverage to lapse. They are forgoing the premium cost [...]

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Used Car Sales and Healthcare

People find it hard to believe that healthcare is far more like used car sales than well…even used car sales.
So here comes another article on it from Kiplinger’s on how negotiable those pesky healthcare bills can be. This one talks about  a nearly 70% discount on the hospital bill.

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Concierge Healthcare

“The doctors said he’s comin’, but you’ gotta pay in cash”
-The Eagles
We’ve enjoyed a bit of a free ride for the past several decades when it comes to healthcare. Employers and the government have picked up much of the tab. But now we are starting to pay the price literally. Increasingly we are asked to [...]

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