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AIA health insurance company says Apple Watch wearers are more active

February 23, 2022February 22, 2022 G. Turner

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The fitness tracking smartwatch wearers move 51 percent more than those without a tracker. AIA health insurance company in Australia provides its customers with Apple Watches and is now showing that wearers are as much as 51 percent more physically active than non-wearers. The insurer showed that the impact of the fitness tracking was particularly helpful among those over 50. A report released by the AIA Australia health insurance company showed that people aged 50 years or older increased their physical activity by an average of 51 percent once they…

Collateral “Insurance” Measures To Protect Your ENT Health

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Guest Author

ENT Considerations Ear, Nose, and Throat issues can be hard to handle. Some ENT issues are going to be more impacting than others. To determine where you stand, it’s going to require some level of professional examination. Now certainly, some things are pretty affordable right out of your pocket, but not all. Also, insurance companies may or may not cover you. Here’s what you need to understand when it comes to insurance: providing settlements isn’t their real business. The real business of insurance companies is collecting enough money to invest…

Nearly 9 out of 10 US consumers blame surprise healthcare costs on insurance companies

September 7, 2018September 5, 2018 Marc

Recent survey results show 86 percent of consumers blame their insurers for unexpected bills. Most insurance beneficiaries place the blame of surprise healthcare costs directly on their insurance companies. This, according to the findings in a newly published consumer survey. The report suggested that health insurance companies need to boost their education and communication. As 86 percent of consumers feel that surprise healthcare costs are their insurance company’s fault, there survey results show a disconnect between policyholders and their insurers. The survey was conducted by NORC at the University of…

A new Amazon health insurance comparison site is in the works

August 22, 2018August 20, 2018 Marc

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The online retail giant is in discussions with European insurers for a U.K. price comparison website. Amazon.com Inc. has entered into discussions with E.U. insurers in the hopes of forming an Amazon health insurance price comparison site for the United Kingdom. This new site is in its earliest planning stages and official details have yet to be released. A Reuters and Fortune report pointed to an Amazon health insurance price comparison website for consumers in the U.K. That said, neither stated whether or not there are any intentions to actually…

Individual mandate repeal causes health insurance gap in many states

June 27, 2018June 26, 2018 Nordstrom

Health Insurance Gap - Mind the Gap platform

Several states are now scrambling to come up with a way to make coverage more affordable. After the individual mandate penalties were removed for failing to purchase coverage, a health insurance gap has formed in many states across the country. This has left some states struggling to make their health care affordable. As people drop their coverage health care in the states will become increasingly expensive. The only state in the country that required coverage after last year’s dismantling of the Affordable Care Act was Massachusetts. Increasingly unfavorable markets caused…

Ohio health insurance companies release recommendations to fight opioid abuse crisis

June 14, 2018June 13, 2018 Logan B.

Opioid abuse crisis - Ohio health insurance - hands reaching for pills

Eight of the largest insurers in the state issued fifteen recommendations to combat the epidemic. Eight of Ohio’s largest health insurance companies have issued a list of 15 recommendations to fight the opioid abuse crisis. The misuse of these serious drugs has reached epidemic proportions within Ohio and many other states. The insurance companies have attempted to find areas where reasonable action is possible in combating the opioid abuse crisis. Among the recommendations are efforts to identify pregnant addicts to make certain they obtain the treatment they need. That said,…

Health insurance exchanges have at least one offering in every U.S. county

August 29, 2017August 26, 2017 Marc

The Affordable Care Act was previously threatened by possible bare patches in plan availability. Earlier in 2017, it appeared as though the health insurance exchanges in several states would suffer bare counties in the 2018 open enrollment period. That said, the situation has turned around and every county continues to have a minimum of one option available. Though President Trump had claimed that the insurance marketplaces were failing, they appear to be healing. President Trump had been pointing to the problem of counties without plans available through the health insurance…