We just got out of our open enrollment period at The Tribune, and I wasn’t especially happy with what I saw this year.
To The Tribune’s credit, our health insurance plan premiums didn’t rise. But everything else was bad news. You see, the deductible rose significantly — by 66% year-over-year. And just as bad, the amount of each procedure our insurance would pay for dropped by 10 percentage points, nearly across the board. Not great, Bob.
I tell you this is not to try to garner sympathy, but out of empathy for you all. It turned out most Americans, like…
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Easy PROTEIN Hot Fudge Sundae
Who wants to come over for the BEST protein Hot Fudge Sundaes?
My son can’t get enough of my protein ice cream! I agree, it’s the BEST keto ice cream recipe I’ve made! I had to make a homemade hot fudge sauce to make the BEST protein hot fudge sundae!
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE HOT FUDGE
To make my Easy Protein Hot Fudge sauce, I used chocolate Equip Prime Protein powder!
I love Equip Prime Protein powder so much, I even pack it in my carry on with me when I travel! I am in LOVE with it! It helped…
This rural California county lost its only hospital, leaving residents with direct health care choices
MADERA, Calif. — It was dinnertime when Sabrina Baker, a mother of six, felt the familiar twinge of contractions.
[–At first, she brushed it off as Braxton Hicks, false labor pains not uncommon in the late stages of pregnancy. But after dinner that night in early January, the pain sharpened and radiated to her back. The contractions intensified, and Baker knew this baby girl was coming fast.
[–She had a decision to make — and the options weren’t good.
[–Two days earlier, Madera County’s only general hospital had shut its doors. The abrupt closure of Madera Community…
Ontario has $4.4-billion more for health care programs than required: report
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Nurses tend to a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., in Jan. 2022. Ontario is seeking to recruit more nurses in underserved communities.Chris Young/The Canadian Press
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the provincial government has allocated $4.4-billion more than it needs to pay for health care programs over the next three years, a “significant change” from a previous estimate that said the province would be facing a $10-billion shortfall.
A new report released Wednesday from Ontario’s Financial Accountability Office found the government now has $4.4-billion in “excess…
Ontario has $4B more for health care than needed for current programs: FAO
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Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026.
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario says the excess money could be used for new programs
The Canadian Press · Posted: May 31, 2023 11:53 AM EDT | Last Updated: May 31
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health care than what’s needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Ontario’s fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health…
Raymond James & Associates Has $1.39 Million Stock Position in Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:RYH)
Raymond James & Associates lowered its position in shares of Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:RYH – Get Rating) by 21.2% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investors owned 4,820 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,294 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates’ holdings in Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF were worth $1,391,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. MADDEN SECURITIES Corp bought a new position in shares of…
More concerned, more letters from Alberta ER doctors saying health system in crisis
More doctors across Alberta are speaking out, saying their emergency rooms are under intense strain, despite political messaging to the contrary.
On Wednesday, nearly 200 Calgary physicians published an open letter describing “collapsing” ERs and calling for Albertans to think about health care when they vote in Monday’s provincial election.
And others are raising the alarm, too.
Similar letters have been penned by physicians in other cities, including Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge.
Dr. Warren Thirsk, an Edmonton ER physician, posted an open letter and petition this week, echoing concerns described by Calgary physicians.
“Each and every day, despite political…
Easy Collagen Candy – Maria Mind Body Health
Who wants healthy candy made from collagen?
My easy recipe for keto candy will blow your mind!
HOW TO MAKE EASY COLLAGEN CANDY
To make my easy collagen candy, I used Further Food Gelatin!
Further Food gelatin and collagen peptides are both excellent sources of collagen. Both their Collagen & Gelatin are sourced from the highest quality, grass-fed, pasture-raised, hormone-free, and antibiotic free bovine collagen.
The benefits of collagen and gelatin are amazing!
Just eating my delicious collagen candy helps support skin elasticity & hydration, longer hair & nails, stronger bones & joints, faster recovery between workouts, increased flexibility, improved…