Traditional Chinese health beliefs adopt a holistic view emphasizing the importance of environmental factors in increasing risk of disease. You can get brochures from the health plans or your human resource office. This will help us provide you plan options in your area since many insurance carriers only operate in certain states, or certain parts of states. The Medicare and Medicaid Patient Protection Act of 1987 (the “Anti-Kickback Statute”), has been enacted to prevent healthcare providers from inappropriately profiting from referrals.

Health insurers, hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and health care provider groups are all growing larger, but bigger has not been better for patients. One in four Medicare beneficiaries—15 million people—spend over 20 percent of their income on premiums and medical care.

Short term plans provide a temporary solution. One of the tenets of geriatric assessments is to help physicians select treatments that are best suited for a patient by getting …