A coffee a day kept the doctor away. Well, that might now be how the saying goes, but if you spend money on Starbuck every day, you’re probably not getting the kind of treatment you should. At least, not the vip treatment. It’s funny how the topic always turns to coffee and Starbucks when concierge [...]

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Women have been getting an earful from the healthcare industry this week. One second the healthcare industry is telling women to get yearly mammograms after 40 years old, the next it’s after 50 years old. One second women are hearing to get pap smears yearly after the age of 18, the next they’re being told [...]

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Mammogram guidelines. The controversy over what your insurance should cover and what you should be doing in the way of preventative cancer health has been fueled by a new release from the United States Preventive Services Task Force. Their new stance, many believe, could be potentially harmful to millions of women not just in the [...]

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Much like the credit card industry is raising interest rates before the Credit Card Act 2009 goes into effect and changes things, prescription drug are dramatically raising prescription drug prices before the health care reform bill makes it through the Senate. It’s a shady business, especially when these exact same drug companies made a promise [...]

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The Fry’s and Safeway strike in Arizona has been averted, for now. Breaking news this morning claims that union talks have been successful, and some sort of agreement has been reached. But what was the whole debacle about anyways? Health care, of course.
 

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I was pulling for Shay Sorrels last night, figuring that as the one woman who needed to be on The Biggest Loser more than anyone else, she’d be the easy pick to stay. But, then again, it is just a game.Shay Sorrels was voted off of The Biggest Loser last night, to the surprise of [...]

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Veterans day is just around the corner, and we want you to get an early start on showing your veterans your appreciation. Do you know what you and your family is going to do for Veterans Day? There are a multitude of events happening across the nation this week, and the No Insurance Club wants [...]

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The healthcare reform bill squeaked through the House this weekend by a vote of 220-215. A lot was given up, and a lot was said during the soap-opera-like final discussions on the bill, but in the end it was passed and it moves onto the Senate, where it will no doubt meet some even tougher [...]

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Let’s talk about health care, because face it, that’s what we do. Sure, we blog about the health care crisis and politics, and we dabble in stirring the pot here and there, but beneath it all, at the core of what the No Insurance Club does, is promote affordable health care. It’s that simple.
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Let’s talk executive physicals and why some people love to give them a bad rap. If you watch The Biggest Loser, you know exactly what an executive physical is, because I imagine is pretty much the same thing. When the contestants get their first real exam, they are put through a variety of tests, machines, [...]

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