Issue #15
The monthly Alta Vista Benefits newsletter is provided as a service to help with issues in your every day life. Your suggestions and feedback can be e-mailed to lucy@altavistaben.com.
The purpose of health insurance is to help you pay for health care and it protects you and your family financially when you have an unexpected illness or injury. Since you cannot predict what your medical bills will be, your health insurance helps cover those unexpected costs.
As the cost of health care has risen, so has the cost of health insurance. Some of the rise cost is due to overuse of the services available to us. Whether intentional or not, overuse contributes to the rising cost of care.
As consumers, we can all help drive down the cost of health care by asking some questions of our providers. Here are some suggestions for all health care consumers:
1) Choose health care the way other goods and services are selected -- based on the best quality for the best price. A higher prices does not necessarily mean that the quality of the care is better. Find out before a service is provided about the cost involved versus the quality.
2) Obtain care only when medically necessary and use the emergency room for real emergencies.
3) Ask your medical providers about the care they are prescribing and find out what other treatment options are available.
4) Talk with your doctor and pharmacist about using less costly generic drugs.
5) Make sure you get regular checkups to stay in good health. Prevention is the most powerful medicine.
6) Take care of yourself and your family by eating a balanced diet, getting enough exercise and making healthy lifestyle choices.
Strawberries are one of nature's most nutritious foods. One cup of raw strawberries contains 3 grams of fiber, 49 calories, 1.02 grams of protein and has more Vitamin C than orange juice. Strawberries also contain phytochemicals that help prevent certain cancers.
Lucy Grosz is the CEO of Alta Vista Benefits and can be reached at lucy@altavistaben.com or by phone at 614-889-0934.
Previous versions of newsletters are posted on the Alta Vista web site. If you missed an issue or there is a previous issue you would like to reference, please visit: http://www.altavistaben.com
Need a better web site? Can't be found in Google? Call Tom Anderson at 614-679-0912 or visit www.excelleweb.com
The monthly Alta Vista Benefits newsletter is provided as a service to help with issues in your every day life. Your suggestions and feedback can be e-mailed to lucy@altavistaben.com.
Health Care: Consumers Can Help Control Costs
The purpose of health insurance is to help you pay for health care and it protects you and your family financially when you have an unexpected illness or injury. Since you cannot predict what your medical bills will be, your health insurance helps cover those unexpected costs.
As the cost of health care has risen, so has the cost of health insurance. Some of the rise cost is due to overuse of the services available to us. Whether intentional or not, overuse contributes to the rising cost of care.
As consumers, we can all help drive down the cost of health care by asking some questions of our providers. Here are some suggestions for all health care consumers:
1) Choose health care the way other goods and services are selected -- based on the best quality for the best price. A higher prices does not necessarily mean that the quality of the care is better. Find out before a service is provided about the cost involved versus the quality.
2) Obtain care only when medically necessary and use the emergency room for real emergencies.
3) Ask your medical providers about the care they are prescribing and find out what other treatment options are available.
4) Talk with your doctor and pharmacist about using less costly generic drugs.
5) Make sure you get regular checkups to stay in good health. Prevention is the most powerful medicine.
6) Take care of yourself and your family by eating a balanced diet, getting enough exercise and making healthy lifestyle choices.
Did You Know?
Strawberries are one of nature's most nutritious foods. One cup of raw strawberries contains 3 grams of fiber, 49 calories, 1.02 grams of protein and has more Vitamin C than orange juice. Strawberries also contain phytochemicals that help prevent certain cancers.
Lucy Grosz is the CEO of Alta Vista Benefits and can be reached at lucy@altavistaben.com or by phone at 614-889-0934.
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Previous versions of newsletters are posted on the Alta Vista web site. If you missed an issue or there is a previous issue you would like to reference, please visit: http://www.altavistaben.com
Need a better web site? Can't be found in Google? Call Tom Anderson at 614-679-0912 or visit www.excelleweb.com
