CHI St. Luke s back in network for Blue Cross Blue Shield
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The break between one of Houston’s largest hospital systems and a major insurance carrier comes just 10 days before the start of open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act marketplace exchange on Nov. 1.CHI St. Luke s Health - The Woodlands Hospital / CHI St. Luke s Health - The Woodlands Hospital
Three weeks after 65,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas patients fell out of network at CHI St. Luke s and its sister hospitals, the health system said Friday night that they can return to visiting their doctors and emergency rooms at in-network rates.
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Humana Partners with Leading Ohio Nonprofits to Address Food Insecurity and Housing
January 8, 2021 GMT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 8, 2021
Health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today announced partnerships with several of Ohio’s leading community service organizations to address social factors that can significantly impact individual and community health, including food insecurity and housing insecurity. Both of these social determinants of health are even more acute today in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic downturn.
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These latest community investments total nearly $500,000 and build on an earlier Humana initiative to provide more than $1.6 million in COVID-19 relief and recovery assistance in Ohio.
Most individuals who have purchased long-term care insurance keep their policies in force according to a report from the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI)."Over 95 percent of policyholders keep their coverage in force because they understand the enormous value of what they purchased," explains Jesse Slome, director of
Savvy Senior: What caregivers should know about Medicare
Jim Miller,
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Dear Savvy Senior,
I understand that a portion of my Social Security benefits may be taxable when I retire. Can you tell me how to calculate this?
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Dear Ready,
Whether or not you’ll be required to pay federal income tax on your Social Security benefits will depend on your income and filing status. About 35 percent of Social Security recipients have total incomes high enough to trigger federal income tax on their benefits.
To figure out if your benefits will be taxable, you’ll need to add up all of your “provisional income,” which includes wages, taxable and non-taxable interest, dividends, pensions and taxable retirement-plan distributions, self-employment, and other taxable income, plus half your annual Social Security benefits, minus certain deductions used in figuring your adjusted gross income.