We have no Long Term Care Insurance. How can I pay for my husband’s nursing home? A month’s stay in a Hawaiian nursing home can run $10,000 – $15,000. Having available funds to pay for this care is a real dilemma for many families. Even if long term care insurance is available, there may be … More Using Your Life Insurance To Pay For Long Term Care
Informative articles on Concierge Medicine and the high cost of patient “observation”. Click here to see our first quarter newsletter
Just started a Medicare Advantage plan and don’t like it? Anyone who has enrolled into a Medicare Advantage plan for the first time can cancel their Advantage Plan and enroll into Original Medicare with a Supplement plan under the “Trial Right”. Moving to another state? If your Medicare Advantage plan cancels coverage because of … More Little known Medicare tidbits
Originally posted on Crown Care Hawaii:
About 900,000 Americans get pneumococcal pneumonia each year. 5-7% die from it – most of the deaths occur in people over 65. The good news – there are vaccines The original pneumonia vaccine (PPSV23) released in 1983, protects against 23 different strains of the bacteria. But there were still infections and…
Originally posted on Crown Care Hawaii:
Symptoms Tetanus is a serious disease which causes severe muscle spasms that can lead to lockjaw (the victim cannot open his mouth or swallow). In the US, the highest number of cases are in the unvaccinated older adults who don’t stay up to date on their 10-year booster shots.…
What food do you think is making a huge come back in America today? We eat it with pastries, sandwiches, coffee, alcohol drinks, and many other foods. That surprising food is the old stand by for our grandparents…..BUTTER! Americans are forecast to consume a whopping 8% more butter than last year. That’s about 940,000 metric … More BUTTER ME UP?
Bed bugs are now a problem everywhere in the world. Why? DDT is no longer used and these bugs have developed resistance to most insecticides. Several studies have shown a large increase of bed bug infestations over the last several years. Bed bugs are hitchhikers on your clothes, your shoes and luggage. They can easily travel … More Sleep Tight and Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite
“Wow,” commented my sister, “I went to purchase a 90 day supply of my husband’s medicine and found it was so expensive that I had to settle for one month supply that cost me over $300. Sometimes I wonder how we can afford all of our medicines.” So goes the story for many Americans today … More SOARING DRUG COSTS
Even though open enrollment ended Dec 7, 2016, you may be able to change. Between January 1–February 14, if you’re in a Medicare Advantage Plan, you can leave your plan and switch to Original Medicare. If you switch to Original Medicare during this period, you will have until February 14 to also join a Medicare … More IS IT TOO LATE TO CHANGE MY MEDICARE PLAN SELECTION?
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