http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog Observations on health care and health insurance in the USA Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:34:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As an insurance broker, and RHU, who has specialized in helping individuals and small businesses get the best health insurance value they can qualify for for the better part of 20 years, I can not only say but I can PROVE that there are NUMEROUS benefits to choosing a HDHP ... http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog/2007/10/02/why-hsa-plans-are-better-than-co-pay-plans/ Medical doctors are not omnicient saints who know everything there is to know about medicine. Instead they ONLY know about drugs and surgery as they have been trained in allopathic medicine ONLY and are ONLY trained to treat ACUTE conditions. Examples of Acute conditions: a gun shot wound; an injury from ... http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog/2007/09/24/what-your-medical-doctor-did-not-learn-in-medical-school/ Unlike many of my colleagues in the health insurance industry who are like sheep when it comes to following the propoganda we are all fed by the medical establishment, I have done my research. I also have common sense and after decades of observing cancer rates deteriorating, obviously continuing the ... http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog/2007/09/20/the-truth-about-mammograms-they-do-more-harm-than-good/ Twenty years taking health insurance applications and watching more and more clients health decline at younger and younger ages combined with some health issues of my own has taught me that the food we eat makes a TREMENDOUS difference in our ability to maintain a healthy immune system and prevent ... http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog/2007/09/18/avoid-these-genetically-modified-foods-to-protect-your-health/ Elected officials, including Governor Carcieri (with all due respect) in the state of Rhode Island continue to remain in a HUGE state of denial when it comes to their perception of how desirable the state is to prospective businesses when considering states to relocate to. What they continue to ignore is that ... http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog/2007/09/17/why-rhode-island-cant-attract-new-small-businesses-to-the-state/ Bad states are: Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts. Of these the only states that at least offer short-term medical insurance which can be used as an affordable alternative to cost prohibitive renewable plans are Rhode Island and Maine. Those of us who want to see these states improve ... http://healthplanspecialists.com/blog/2007/09/13/hello-world/