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Archive for October 18th, 2008

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by Ethan Calvin

Here’s a new idea in health care: a little mobile device that lets you store health information and upload it online. The devices are aimed at people who are on the go and need to an easy way to manage their health.

These devices are useful because they can be used to write down symptoms, to store important health care data that one might need to share with health care providers, as well as alerting a patient to take their medicine. This was reported in Sunday’s New York Times article.

We are wondering if this is enough to be a possible new trend in health care. We are not really thinking so. These devices cost about $200, which does not seem like it is worth the money.

Although, there is a software program that exists that is compatible with mobile devices, such as the iPhone. That might prove handy. In addition, electronic medical info and health records will probably become more rampant as time moves on. There could possible be a need for these in the big picture.

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by Todd Martin

We live in a world of uncertainty. You never know if this is the day when you’ll wreck your car, or take a tumble down the stairs and break a leg. It’s clearly prudent to be prepared for such accidents. Although we don’t ponder, nor contemplate these notions on a regular basis, it’s good to have a back-up plan just the same. In other words, we should all have some kind of health insurance. The key of course, is finding that affordable health insurance that won’t break the bank.

Depending on the type of life insurance you buy, you get return benefits accordingly. Generally life insurance is designed in such a way that it benefits the beneficiary more then the person insured. It is done so because when you pass away and there is no one to take care of them, then it is the insurance company who will take care of them by taking care of any liabilities and other cost factors that may come. I remember when one I told one of my close friends the benefits of life insurance he readily agreed for taking one life insurance policy.

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