News For Your Health - August 12th, 2009
Your health and wellbeing are important to us at William J. King & Associates. We have collected several articles that pertain to the health insurance industry which we thought you might find interesting.
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The Truth About Health Insurance
By Wall Street Journal | Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The White House is priming the defibrillator paddles to revive ObamaCare, and its new strategy is to talk about "health-insurance reform," rather than "health-care reform." The point is to make its proposals seem less radical than they are, while portraying private insurers as villains for supposedly denying coverage to the sick.
Sounds like a good time to explain a few facts about the modern insurance market. Start with the reality that nine out of 10 people under 65 are covered by their employers, most of which cover all employees and charge everyone the same rate. President Obama's horror stories are about the individual insurance market, where some 15 million people buy coverage outside of the workplace.
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By JULIAN PECQUET |Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Across the country, states with a libertarian blend-- some of which had been warming up to the more socially permissive Democratic Party in recent years-- are considering constitutional changes that would block key elements of the House and Senate health reform proposals, such as requirements that people have insurance and that businesses cover their employees or pay a tax. State efforts originally aimed at prohibiting local efforts to introduce single-payer systems have taken on anti-federal overtones now that the national debate over health reform is in full swing, with many aspects in the main House and Senate bills anathema to advocates of state sovereignty. and for small businesses in general. To read more please click here.
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Aspirin Shows Promise For Colon Cancer Patients
By KARLA JOHNSON, Associated Press| Wednesday, August 12, 2009
CHICAGO - Score another win for the humble aspirin. A study suggests colon cancer patients who took the dirt-cheap wonder drug reduced their risk of death from the disease by nearly 30 percent.
Aspirin already is recommended for preventing heart attacks and strokes, along with its traditional use for relief of minor aches and pains. Its merit in colon cancer prevention has been tempered by its side effects, bleeding from irritation of the stomach or intestines.
The new study suggests patients who already have colon cancer may benefit from taking aspirin along with surgery and chemotherapy. In a separate analysis of a subgroup of patients, only those with the most common type of tumor, those that overproduce the Cox-2 enzyme, saw a benefit.
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Diet and Exercise Protect Brain and Patterns:
By MEGAN JOHNSON, U.S. News and World Report |
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Exercise, along with a Mediterranean-style diet full of fruits and veggies, could help stave off cognitive decline, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers tracked the exercise and eating habits of 1,880 adults between 1992 and 2006, noting how strictly participants stuck to a Mediterranean diet and exercise routine. People who closely followed the diet reduced their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by 40 percent, and those who exercised most reduced their risk by 33 percent, compared to adults who didn't follow the diet or who did not exercise, the Wall Street Journal reports. In a study released earlier this year, the same team found the Mediterranean diet alone lowered the risk of Alzheimer's.Click here to read the full story.
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