COVID-19 Archives - Empower Medicare Supplements

Birth Rates Affecting Your Grandchildren?

July 7, 2025November 27, 2023 by Vohny Figueroa

Photo of a baby in a cradle with a parent's hand

Are you eagerly awaiting a grandchild? Or are you constantly badgering your children about when you will have a grandchild? The reason why people aren’t … Read more

Covid-19 Coverage Through Medicare

June 2, 2025October 28, 2021 by Cali Naughton

Does Medicare Cover Covid-19? Medicare has released the new Medicare & You 2022 handbook. Looking through it, you’ll notice some new coverages and listed updates, … Read more

Visiting Loved Ones in Nursing Homes

June 2, 2025September 20, 2021 by Brittany Herring

Within the last year, nursing homes all across the United States have been affected by extreme COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions. Nursing homes are especially vulnerable … Read more

COVID-19 Delta Variant

May 28, 2025July 12, 2021 by Jeffrey Cooperstein

After extensive research over the last few months, experts have concluded COVID-19 delta variant symptoms are different than the original COVID-19 strain. The highly contagious … Read more

Moving Forward: Tackling the Slowing Vaccination Rate

April 4, 2025May 16, 2021 by Cristin Dickey

America faces potential future outbreaks as the vaccination rate declines. Photo by Uriel Mont on Pexels.

The Crawl Back to Normal With the one-month anniversary of the day the vaccine became available for all American adults swiftly approaching, there has been … Read more

EU COVID Passports

April 4, 2025May 12, 2021 by Jeffrey Cooperstein

In the coming weeks, the EU COVID passports are expected to be introduced, which will allow immune individuals to move throughout the EU without restrictions. … Read more

Medical Debt Pushes Many Americans to the Brink of Survival

March 20, 2025May 4, 2021 by Cristin Dickey

US citizens struggle under the enormous burden of increasing medical debt. Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.

Capital Capitol It’s no secret that Americans have long been plagued by medical debt that they cannot afford. A single trip to the doctor can … Read more

COVID-19 and PTSD: Mental Health Outcomes at the Dawn of the New Normal

March 20, 2025May 3, 2021 by Cristin Dickey

As the pandemic has persisted, there have been increased cases of trauma-related mental health disorders, including COVID-related PTSD.

It’s Not Over Yet With a return to normalcy pending, people are itching to mark the pandemic’s end date on their calendars. The Gallup, armed … Read more

CDC is Looking at Mask Mandates

May 1, 2025April 30, 2021 by Jeffrey Cooperstein

The CDC is looking at mask mandates as the country becomes increasingly more immunized. According to the Center for Disease Control director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, … Read more

Can We Reach Herd Immunity?

May 1, 2025April 26, 2021 by Kayla Gonzalez

As we have been in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, our primary goal has been trying to find a way to come out of … Read more