Aetna won an Award of Distinction for its short videos designed to help members comprehend and use their benefits. I’m generally a curmudgeon when it comes to such videos and their cousin the infographics. I typically find them cutesy, patronizing and generally useless. The animated people and...
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on Fri, May 24 2013
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The New York Times Bits blog has one of the better articles I’ve read about caregiver robots for the elderly. The aging population plus fewer family caregivers, fewer available human aides and relentless advances in technology are making the routine use of robotic assistants for the elderly all...
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on Wed, May 22 2013
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The 14th annual National Women’s Health Week kicked off on Mother’s Day, May 12, 2013, and is celebrated until May 18. This week is a great reminder for all women to think about their health care and the key preventive actions they can take to improve Read More...
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on Thu, May 16 2013
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People with cancer are more than twice as likely to file for bankruptcy as those without, according to a new study in Health Affairs. Medical expenses can be high even for those that have insurance, thanks to co-pays, deductibles and non-covered services. In addition, many cancer patients can’t...
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on Wed, May 15 2013
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