January 9th, 2023 | Diabetes, Healthy Living, Health Conditions Did you know that your dentist might be the first to notice a medical problem? The fact is, symptoms of more than 100 diseases can show up in the mouth. That’s why regular exams are such an important part of protecting your total health as well as your dental […]
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By: Marc DeRoberts, Blog Managing Editor | May 8th, 2024 | Health Conditions, Healthy Living The pollen problem Spring has sprung – and there’s pollen everywhere. That’s great news for tissue manufacturers, but terrible for people like me, whose sinuses and eyes swell in pollen’s presence. North Carolina, especially the Piedmont region, has some of the highest
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October 1st, 2024 | Medicare, Health Insurance Basics The first step to picking your Medicare plan is understanding what Medicare is, then you can create your ideal coverage. But you also need to know when and how to enroll. Initial Enrollment Period Your Initial Enrollment Period is when you are first eligible to enroll in Medicare. This
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November 8th, 2024 | Open Enrollment, Health Insurance Basics Health insurance can be complicated. Whether you’re purchasing health insurance for the first time or just need some help navigating the Health Insurance Marketplace®, we have the answers to your most pressing questions. 1. When can you buy health insurance? If you buy your health insurance through the
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by Michelle Rogers, Certified Personal Trainer | February 7th, 2025 | Fitness, Healthy Living Let’s get to the heart of the matter: Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for men, women, and people across most racial and ethnic groups, according to the 2025 heart disease report from the American Heart
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by Dr. Larry Wu | Mar 11, 2019 | Health & Wellness | 0 comments The premature death of Luke Perry at age 52 came as a shock to everyone. Although the origin of his stroke has not been released, death by a stroke is among the top five killers in the United States. While
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by Blue Cross NC | Oct 15, 2018 | Health Insurance | 0 comments You just received your Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) health insurance papers in the mail. No matter how long you stare at them, there is a chance that you still don’t understand what anything written on the documents actually mean. WHAT’S A
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by Brooke Kelly | Jan 14, 2019 | Employer Well-Being | 0 comments I recently read an article from SelfHelpWorks called “US Wellness Program Considerations for 2019”.1With a fresh new year ahead of us and learnings from the last planted in our minds, articles such as this one provide me with a great perspective on employers’ thoughts about their wellness programs. From
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There are people who believe Americans would settle for socialized medicine. Free care for all may sound good, but someone has to pay the providers. If docs and hospitals became gov’t employees that’s like the VA. Some want Medicare for all, but Medicare is not free and there are fewer providers accepting Medicare reimbursements. Raising
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The Annual Enrollment Period (AEP) for individual and family medical insurance plans mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be November 1, 2018 through December 15, 2018 for 2019 plans. BCBSNC will be the only consumer insurance carrier in our region for 2019. The benefit designs have higher out-of-pocket costs than plans before the
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