More than 1 out of 10 Americans have high blood pressure and many do not know it. Early detection of this silent disease is important because it can be treated effectively. The blood pressure reading has two numbers. The higher one is the systolic pressure and the lower is diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is considered to be high if the higher number exceeds 140 or the lower number exceeds 90. “Normal” is considered 120 over 80.
You can limit your risk of having high blood pressure by controlling your weight, your exercise, your salt intake and, if appropriate, taking your prescribed medicines.
Your paycheck funds your life — from where you live, to what you drive, to what you eat. But it doesn’t stop there. Your paycheck also makes your dreams and goals possible.
The LIFE Foundation would like to know why you love your paycheck: Is it funding your education (or maybe your kids’)? Did it allow you to buy a house? Or maybe your paycheck underwrites your shoe collection or travel habits? Share your thoughts on why you love your paycheck and add a photo, too. If they choose your entry as the winner, you’ll receive a NEW iPad! (Nice, right?) Click here for the rules.
Then once you’re done, take a moment to better understand how you can protect your most valuable asset—your paycheck—with disability insurance.
BlueCrossBlueShield of Arizona has launched GeoBlue, providing health plans and services for employees of U.S. based international businesses. Overseas employees take on critical assignments and represent a significant investment by their organizations. GeoBlue helps those international performers be successful.
GeoBlue adds a level of international coverage and offers certain benefits such as medical evacuation that aren’t necessarily included among the international benefits of domestic insurance plans. Other benefits offered include an extensive network of more than 6,500 vetted, contracted, English-speaking, doctors and 1,100 contracted hospitals in 190 countries. Members have access to concierge-level service and convenient online and mobile self-service tools.
GeoBlue’s self-service tools help members to research providers, access news and information on health, as well as a database to translate medical terms and find country-specific prescription and over-the-counter names/preparations for more than 400 medications.
Plans include the following features for BCBSAZ’s group clients and their employees:
Processing of covered provider bills and member claims in local currencies.
Cashless access to inpatient and outpatient care
Customer experience supported by innovative technology
An experienced GeoBlue global health coordinator will schedule doctor appointments, and arrange for any necessary follow up treatment
Need a health insurance quote from BCBSAZ? Click Here! or give us a call at (520) 721-4848.
The FDA notes that, ““Every year thousands of children are hospitalized – and some die – after taking medicine not meant for them.”
Toddlers are attracted to the colorful pills that resemble candy, and teens share stolen prescription drugs at ‘pharm parties.’
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), locking up medications in your home can even minors from accidentally or intentional using them. As the FDA explains, “Studies estimate that up to 50 percent of harm from medication use could be prevented.”
As part of the Safe Use Initiative, the FDA website explains the advantages of locking up medications in the home.
This video features FDA pharmacist Connie Jung explaining how to lower the risk of harm by locking up your meds:
As seen on the FDA’s website, the Safe Use Initiative’s goals are “to foster collaborations within the healthcare community that will help prevent medication errors, misuse and abuse.”
Information provided by BlueCrossBlueShield of Arizona. Looking for an insurance quote from BCBSAZ? Click the top right link of our home page!
67% of American workers don’t have Long Term Disability insurance through their employers, leaving them financially and physically vulnerable.
May is Disability Insurance Awareness month, and now is a great time to learn the risks of disability, the benefits of planning and the importance of having a solid income protection plan.
The Disability Divide: Advisor Study – Explore the gap between consumers’ attitudes and advisors’ perceptions of those attitudes, about disabilities and their potential threat to their financial security.
Earnable Income Quotient (EIQ) calculator – Determine the value of your most important financial resource, your income. Will be live May 1.
Disability Insurance Awareness Month presents a great opportunity to educate people about the role of disability insurance in income protection. Need a disability insurance quote? Click the top right link on our home page!
More than 1 out of 10 Americans have high blood pressure and many do not know it. Early detection of this silent disease is important because it can be treated effectively. The blood pressure reading has two numbers. The higher one is the systolic pressure and the lower is diastolic pressure. Blood pressure is considered to be high if the higher number exceeds 140 or the lower number exceeds 90. “Normal” is considered 120 over 80.
