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Health Savings Accounts - A Solution to the Health Care Crisis

Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are special savings accounts that are created in combination with a high deductible health insurance plan. Like traditional IRA (Individual Retirement Account) plans, money...

15 comments    health family how to
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Bail out the health insurance companies!!!

First, I have to say I am not an expert on health care. I have a couple of chronic illnesses (every time I go to the doctor they find something new wrong) so I have have some experiences, both good and bad....

0 comments    health insurance
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Why American Health Care Is Bad For You

Lately I've been having some weird, marginally sane thoughts about the state of American health care. I'd like to share them with you now, even at the risk of opening a can of worms, or a can of whoop-ass,...

146 comments    health insurance medicine
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The Health Care Debate: Fighting for low cost health insurance in America

Looking for low cost health insurance in America is difficult. Where can one turn?

0 comments    insurance health insurance
RMS Titanic57

Let's See How This Thing Handles Icebergs!

RMS Titanic I am anxiously waiting to hear whether a childhood friend of mine, who is also about to be booted out of his home, is coming to live with us along with his cat. It's not that he has absolutely...

0 comments    debt unemployment poverty
Is this your idea of the hero for health care reform?  Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/benheine/3332677680/55

Health Care Reform

When you think of Health Care Reform, you undoubtedly think about the new policies coming to our health care system here in the United States. However, is health care reform really all about policy changes? Perhaps, health care reform must start with some other concepts first.

0 comments    barack obama health care
moovnmom profile image57

The Low Down on Low Cost Senior Health Plans

Right off the bat, the acronym 'HMO' conjures a negative connotation. Since their inception and quick transformation to what we refer to as HMOs, we were doomed. HMO's lost their identity and true...

0 comments    health health insurance seniors
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Michael Moore An Exceptional Educator

There are so many things that are not right in the world today. Many of our political leaders want you to think different. The affluent may want you to think different.But I believe Michael Moore gives a voice to the rest of us. He may be extreme-but he sure gets you listening!

0 comments    health insurance medicine
Nice drug lady, give me something to take it all away....68

Just give me something from the $4 list and make it work!

Nice drug lady, give me something to take it all away.... Have you seen that $4 list at WalMart? There are a lot of drugs on there. Yeah...but not the ones that we really, really need. Abilify. My son...

0 comments    economy budget drugs
Finance Chick 911 profile image68

Where to find Affordable Individual Health Insurance

I would be hard pressed to find a friend as devoted as my friend Lily. Despite how insignificant or great each hardship or hurdle was that needed to be overcome, she was there for me in more ways than one....

6 comments    insurance health care hmo
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