Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment: What You Need To Know For 2019

Posted November 1st, 2018

What is open enrollment? This is the time each year when you can make changes to your health insurance coverage-usually through the Healthcare Marketplace (healthcare.gov). When can I enroll or make changes to my plan? Open enrollment for ACA (“Obamacare”) insurance plans for the 2019 coverage year runs from November 1st– December 15thin most states. […]

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is This Saturday!

Posted October 25th, 2018

Have you taken a look at your medicine cabinet lately? Aside from cotton swabs, mouthwash and makeup remover, are there old, outdated prescription drugs in your cabinet? How do you dispose of old, outdated, expired or unneeded medications? Flush them down the toilet? Throw them out with your household trash? Not sure? Well, the DEA […]

Medicare Part D-What You Need to Know for Open Enrollment

Posted October 18th, 2018

What is Medicare Part D? Medicare Part D was enacted as part of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) and went into effect on January 1, 2006. Before this time, there was NO prescription drug coverage affiliated with Medicare. Most Medicare recipients were covered through employee retirement plans, purchased private drug plans […]

Medicare Open Enrollment is Almost Here-What You Need to Know

Posted October 12th, 2018

Medicare open enrollment is upon us for 2019. If you are a Medicare recipient, this is the time of year when you can make (some) changes to your Medicare coverage. What can I change? You can change your Medicare part D (drug) plan. You can change to a different Medicare advantage plan. You can switch […]

Demystifying Mindfulness: Color Your World Mindful!

Posted September 14th, 2018

This blog is the ninth part in the series “Demystifying Mindfulness.” I’m hoping I can help us all understand a little bit more about the practice of mindfulness, how it can be helpful and how we can integrate it into our lives. Adult coloring is all the rage. There are over 20,000 results just on […]

Demystifying Mindfulness: I Bet Your Are Being Mindful And You Didn’t Even Know It

Posted August 31st, 2018

This blog is the eigth part in the series “Demystifying Mindfulness.” I’m hoping I can help us all understand a little bit more about the practice of mindfulness, how it can be helpful and how we can integrate it into our lives. Over the past two months, I’ve taken a deeper dive into the world […]

Crowdfunding: Proceed with Caution

Posted August 30th, 2018

Last November, right around Thanksgiving, I was struck by this feel-good story I saw on the local news. A young woman ran out of gas on the highway in a not so great area. A homeless man nearby gave her his last $20 to get gas and get to her destination safely. A few days […]

Demystifying Mindfulness: When Meditation Isn’t For You, How About Planned Laziness?

Posted August 24th, 2018

This blog is the eigth part in the series “Demystifying Mindfulness.” I’m hoping I can help us all understand a little bit more about the practice of mindfulness, how it can be helpful and how we can integrate it into our lives. I’ve been meditating for about 7 weeks now. I’m not doing it every […]

Demystifying Mindfulness: Mindful Grieving

Posted August 17th, 2018

This blog is the seventh part in the series “Demystifying Mindfulness.” I’m hoping I can help us all understand a little bit more about the practice of mindfulness, how it can be helpful and how we can integrate it into our lives. Grief is our response to loss. Contrary to popular culture beliefs, a loss […]

Demystifying Mindfulness: Mindful Vacationing-Not An Easy Task

Posted August 13th, 2018

This blog is the sixth part in the series “Demystifying Mindfulness.” I’m hoping I can help us all understand a little bit more about the practice of mindfulness, how it can be helpful and how we can integrate it into our lives. I just returned from a week long trip to Michigan. I visited my […]