Robert Wagner Insurance May 2023 Newsletter |
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Covid-19 Emergency Will End May 11,2023 ...But |
Although the Federal PHE ends on May 11, 2023, California state laws add six months to the federal COVID-19 public health emergency requirements on health plans to continue covering COVID-19 tests, vaccines, and COVID-19 therapeutics from any licensed provider (in-or out-of-network) with no prior authorization or enrollee cost sharing. The state six-month extension of these requirements is set to expire after November 11, 2023. |
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4 Myths About Heart Disease |
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Myth #1: heart disease only impacts adults: Mm… Although heart disease is most common in older adults, it can affect people of all ages, including children and young adults.
Myth #2: heart disease only impacts men: Nope. Since heart disease kills more women in the United States than anything else, this simply isn’t true. Although heart disease is often seen as a "man's disease," it affects women just as much. |
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Myth #3: heart disease is always accompanied by chest pain: Wrong! Chest pain is a common symptom of heart disease, that’s true. However, it's certainly not the only one. Less well-known symptoms include shortness of breath, pain in your neck, jaw or throat, and coldness in your legs and arms.
Myth #4: You can tell if you’re at risk for heart disease based on cholesterol levels: Not quite. While high cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease, it's not the only one. There are plenty of other risk factors that can also indicate being at risk such as high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, and family history of heart disease.
Want to dive deeper? Learn 4 more myths about heart disease in Cardiogram's latest journal article. <Learn More> |
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Laughter is the Best Medicine |
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It’s fun to share a good laugh, but did you know it can actually improve your health? Learn how to harness the powerful benefits of laughter and humor. Source HelpGuide.org |
It’s true: laughter is strong medicine. It draws people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts mood, diminishes pain, and protects you from the damaging effects of stress. Nothing works faster or more dependably to bring your mind and body back into balance than a good laugh. Humor lightens your burdens, inspires hope, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and alert. It also helps you release anger and forgive sooner.
With so much power to heal and renew, the ability to laugh easily and frequently is a tremendous resource for surmounting problems, enhancing your relationships, and supporting both physical and emotional health. Best of all, this priceless medicine is fun, free, and easy to use. <Read More> |
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4 Brain-Boosting Foods to Keep in Mind |
Googling “what are the healthiest foods to eat?” yields an abundance of answers. The results range from 15 life-changing superfoods to the 100 healthiest foods on the planet. What we love about these results is that they all encourage consuming a variety of foods which is important for a healthy body.
You may have heard eating carrots, which contain vitamin A, is good for eye health and dairy-rich foods, which contain calcium, is good for bone health. But what about the control center of the body – specifically, what about the brain? <Read More>
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What Is the Ideal Retirement Age for Your Health? |
In 1881, the conservative German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, plagued by a rise in socialist ideology, proposed a national retirement benefit to appease the leftist masses. He set the retirement age at 70. Average life expectancy at the time? About 40 years. |
Von Bismarck resigned shortly after the policy passed, but his legacy remained, and Germany’s retirement benefit (which was lowered to age 65 in 1916) became the model for many other nations. When President Roosevelt established the Social Security Act of 1935, 65 was similarly chosen as the national retirement age, despite the fact that less than 60 percent of American adults lived that long.
Which is all to say, the national retirement age in the U.S. and elsewhere has origins in a bit of political smoke and mirrors; it began as a symbolic offering, accessible only to the lucky citizens who managed to survive well into old age.
Today though, many more people live long enough to have access to a national retirement fund, often for years if not decades. Average life expectancy in the United States is 76, and in many European countries it’s even higher. The U.S. national retirement age — when you can start claiming full Social Security benefits — has crept up much more gradually, to 67 for people born after 1960. <Read More>
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