Hi folks, today we’re back for another edition of Ask a Health Coach! Erin is here sharing her strategies for making good health a priority during the pandemic, plus what to do when you feel like you’re putting in a lot of effort without a lot of reward and what …
Read More »11 Professional Providers Of Mental Health Services That Cost RM100 Or Less Per Session
World Mental Health Month is here, and with our country’s rise in COVID-19 cases, most of us are now forced into isolation once again. It can be a lonely, stressful, and overwhelming time for a lot of us, and mental health providers in Malaysia are actively advocating their services for …
Read More »Health Care Costs Could Increase in 2021. Here Are 5 Moves to Stay Ahead
It sounds counterintuitive to say this — considering we’re amid a pandemic that has infected millions — but health care spending is down in the United States. The sudden drop in expenditures has left health insurance companies scrambling to figure out pricing for the year ahead. Insurance costs have been steadily climbing …
Read More »Does Your Health Insurance Cover COVID-19? 32% of Americans Are Not Sure.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has released a survey that found 47% of consumers don’t understand what their health insurance plans will pay for when it comes to coronavirus testing and treatment. Potentially because of that misunderstanding, 34% of respondents who had been tested or treated for coronavirus …
Read More »Ask a Health Coach: How Bad Is It Really?
Love your weekly cheat meal? Got picky eaters in your family? Or maybe you’re high-tailing it to get the perennial favorite, the PSL as we speak. This week, PHCI coaching director, Erin Power is here to answer the pressing question: how bad is it really? And you might be surprised …
Read More »Unemployed Stage Actors to Face New Health Insurance Hurdle
Facing enormous financial strain because of the shutdown of the theater industry, the health insurance fund that covers thousands of stage actors is making it more difficult for them to qualify for coverage. Currently, professional actors and stage managers have to work 11 weeks to qualify for six months of …
Read More »Workers in These 10 Industries Have the Worst Health
StratfordProductions / Shutterstock.com Where you work could affect more than how much you earn. Certain industries are associated with a higher percentage of workers in fair or poor health, according to a ZenBusiness analysis of the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health Interview Survey. …
Read More »Covid-19 Live Updates: Top U.S. Health Officials Try to Defend Their Integrity Before the Senate
Here’s what you need to know: Hahn says F.D.A. decisions are based on science and the agency would ‘not permit any pressure from anyone to change that.’ Johnson & Johnson begins the final stage of clinical trials for its vaccine, sparking optimism. The Metropolitan Opera cancels its entire 2020-21 season. …
Read More »Top U.S. Health Officials Tiptoe Around Trump’s Vaccine Timeline
As the nation’s coronavirus death toll neared 200,000, top administration health officials on Sunday delicately sidestepped President Trump’s ambitious declaration last week that a coronavirus vaccine would be available for every American by April. Instead, Adm. Brett P. Giroir, who heads up national testing efforts, and Alex M. Azar II, …
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