Jenny McCann

Medicare Advantage waive copay
Medicare Advantage Insurers Waiving Cost-Sharing In response to the COVID-19 emergency, many Medicare Advantage (the private-plan alternative to traditional Medicare) insurers are voluntarily waiving cost-sharing requirements for COVID-19 treatment. This cost-share waiver applies to copays, coinsurance, and deductibles. UnitedHealthcare, for example, has a $0 copy for covered primary care provider […]

Medicare Advantage Insurers Waiving Cost-Sharing

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$1.6 Billion to Expedite COVID Vaccine
U.S. Commits $1.6 Billion to Expedite COVID Vaccine The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) along with the Department of Defense (DoD) announced it will be investing $1.6 billion to expedite a COVID vaccine. According to their Press Release the pharmaceutical company, a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation […]

U.S. Commits $1.6 Billion to Expedite COVID Vaccine

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Coronavirus Outbreak Spikes In Texas
Coronavirus Outbreak Spikes In Texas Texas has a “massive outbreak” of coronavirus cases across the state after reopening, Governor Abbott acknowledged. On Wednesday, June 24, the state reported a record-breaking 5,551 new cases of Covid-19 in one day. This follows 13 consecutive days of record-high hospitalizations. These figures represent an […]

Coronavirus Outbreak Spikes In Texas

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Elder financial abuse
The Dark Side Of Aging And Finances With a growing population of aging Americans, financial exploitation against seniors is becoming a widespread and pervasive problem. The National Council on Aging estimates costs of elder financial abuse and fraud range from $2.9 billion to $36.5 billion annually. The rate of financial exploitation is […]

The Dark Side Of Aging And Finances

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The self-care solution
How Free Radicals Play a Role in Health and Disease Free Radicals are associated with human diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and many others. They also may have a link to aging, which is believed to be a gradual accumulation of free-radical damage. Substances that […]

How Free Radicals Play a Role in Health and Disease

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