Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against 16 top executives of Purdue Pharma, the maker of the popular drug OxyContin, claiming they misled doctors, patients and the public about the dangers posed by the opioid-based painkiller. Attorney General Maura Healey said “Their strategy was simple: The more drugs they sold, the more money they made—and the more people died. We found that Purdue engaged in a multibillion-dollar enterprise to mislead us about their drugs. Purdue pushed prescribers to give higher doses to keep patients on drugs for longer periods of time, without regard to the very real increased risk of addiction, overdose and death.” Texas, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota and Tennessee have filed similar lawsuits in state courts against the drug maker, whose headquarters are in Stamford, Connecticut.
The Texas’ lawsuit accuses Purdue Pharma, the privately held manufacterer of OxyContin, of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by aggressively selling its products “when it knew their drugs were potentially dangerous and that its use had a high likelihood of leading to addiction,” state Attorney General Ken Paxton said. “As Purdue got rich from sales of its opioids, Texans and others across the nation were swept up in a public health crisis that led to tens of thousands of deaths each year due to opioid overdoses,” Paxton said.
State officials in Arizona, Alabama, Delaware, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and West Virginia, — sued various pain-killer manufacturers and distributors for their roles in helping the opioid epidemic grow. In 2007, Purdue Pharma did not admit wrongdoing when it paid $19.5 million to settle lawsuits with 26 states and the District of Columbia after being accused of aggressively marketing OxyContin to doctors while downplaying the risk of addiction. Nevada, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas were part of that agreement while Florida and North Dakota were not.
Opioids were the cause of nearly 42,250 deaths in 2016, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research suggests that since heroin and opioid painkillers, (including prescription ones) act similarly in the brain. Opioid painkillers are often referred to by some doctors as “heroin lite” and taking one (even “as directed”) can increase one’s susceptibility to becoming hooked on the other. Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, with opioids as the number-one driver.
Deaths from opioids (including fentynals) have been rising sharply for years with an estimated 100 drug overdoses a day across the country. Experts say the epidemic could kill nearly half a million people across America over the next decade as the crisis of addiction and overdose accelerates.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, June 3rd, 2018 was:
SARAH HAUGHT
Warren, OH
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
5/28/18
Jill Nauyokas
Nicole Blaha
Beth Cleveland
Diane Hamric
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Theresa Sigourney
Renee Carrion
Heather Lynn Rood
Sheila Carvell
Dee Washington
Dmarie Nylin-Terrell
Tonya Velazquez
Angela Janisse
Be Schwerin
Amanda Peters
Becky Holland
Eleazar Ruiz
Stephanie Marie Walls
Cyndi Jansheski
Nancy Pfirrman Schools
Andrew W Sauer
Samantha Brwn
5/29/18
Kelly Jo Francisco
Eleazar Ruiz
Amber Chandler
Jackie Hicks
Crystal Dotson
Susanne Killion
Crystal Young
Dustin Lawson
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Karen Bondehagen
Jennifer Ramlet
Jennifer Lang
Britta Brown Lawson
Nai Merri
Marcy Coull
Dawn Raasch
Kathleen Hickman
Monica Meador
Pheobe Gerou
Trish Musgrave
Alexis Maureen
5/30/18
Christy Hawkes
Deborah Farris
Sarah Harrison
Vickie Gipson
Alicia Johnson
Be Schwerin
Jenifer Garza
Christy Martinez
Trish Musgrave
Jennifer Vega
Brittany Light
France Camer
Ashley Agner
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
Penny Fisher
Nicole Blaha
Melissa White
Amanda Peters
Kathleen Marks
Maria Bouchard
Kendra George
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Tonya Velazquez
5/31/18
Jill Nauyokas
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Anna Nichols
Jennifer Cameron
Mary Ann Cody
Naomi Whitlatch
Becky Holland
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Trish Hysell
Debbie Gremlin
Dale Fish
Karen Rimiller Presley
Sarah Haught
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Angela Janisse
Hayley Cordaro
Eleazar Ruiz
Diane Hamric
Brittany Light
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
6/1/18
Jennifer Ramlet
Marcy Coull
Mary Achio
Jill Nauyokas
Jennifer Lang
Teena Sierson
Heather Lynn Rood
Misty Shallcross
Alisa Jones
Wilma Mast
Cyndi Jansheski
Melissa White
Sheri Boydston
Crystal Young
Beth Cleveland
Stella Methvin
Lori Capobianco
April Ashcraft
Kristina Rosson
Tanya Holmes
Cheryl Hall
Tracy Shafer
6/2/18
Jill Nauyokas
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Emily Rice Bowersock
Carol Jean
Brandi K Chaney
Melissa Maestas
Christy Martinez
Jennifer Leffler
Mikey Mellor
Be Schwerin
Nicole Blaha
Cheryl Hall
Brooke Scott
Beth Cleveland
Angela Janisse
Alyssa DiFazio
Stephanie Beckwith
Heather Marocco
Beth Meemo
Jade Good
6/3/18
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Helen Saez Deverter
Jill Nauyokas
Cheryl Hall
Dawn Raasch
Anggie Marie
Kristina Rosson
Jenifer Garza
Nicole Blaha
Eleazar Ruiz
Naomi Whitlatch
Sherry Lilly
Britta Brown Lawson
Adaria Johnson
Dustin Lawson
Angela Janisse
April Ashcraft
Dean Bruss
Carol Jean
Sarah Haught
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
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Hawaii’s governor has readied plans for a mass evacuation of the state’s Big Island-warning residents to be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice, as an eruption at Kilauea volcano strengthened. Officials say levels of toxic sulfur dioxide are rising, as is the threat of an explosion that could send lava, rocks and even large boulders into residential areas. Hundreds of residents continue to evacuate the area and more than two dozen homes have been destroyed so far. Geologists say the volcanic eruptions are expected to continue.
Concerns have been mounting since the Kilauea erupted May 3, sending 2,200-degree lava bursting through cracks into backyards in the Leilani Estates neighborhood, destroying 36 structures, including 26 homes. As the magma shifted underground, a magnitude-6.9 earthquake also rocked the Big Island. A new fissure spewing lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano formed in the southeast corner of the Big Island, raising anxieties as the state braces for potentially violent eruptions.
The new fissure, a crack in the ground allowing lava to pour out, appeared to be several hundred yards long and was producing spatter rising “many tens of feet into the air,” the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was spotted west of state Highway 132 and led state officials to call for some residents along Halekamahina Loop Road to leave their homes. Steam and lava spatter could be seen from the new fissure, officials said.
Residents have been warned about the possibility of an explosive eruption at the volcano’s Halema’uma’u Crater because of the withdrawal of lava from the Kilauea summit lake. “This could generate dangerous debris very near the crater and ashfalls up to tens of miles downwind,” the warning said. The danger comes from the lava level that is dropping inside the volcano. If it falls below the water table, water will pour onto the lava, generating steam that will likely explode from the summit in a shower of rocks, ash and sulfur dioxide gases. Boulders as big as refrigerators could be tossed a half-mile and ash plumes could soar as high as 20,000 feet spread over a 12-mile area, according to the Hawaii Civil Defense.
President Trump declared the Big Island a disaster area. The move will allow federal financial assistance for state and local governments as they repair roads, parks, schools and water pipes damaged by the eruption. The Big Island, also known as the island of Hawaii, has a population of about 190,000 people. The Hawaii National Guard has prepared to use ground convoys and even helicopters to pluck hundreds of residents out of danger if necessary. The Hawaii National Guard is prepared, with only 90 minutes’ notice, to rescue 2,000 people in troop-carrying vehicles and Blackhawk or Chinook helicopters
“We can move 226 people in one convoy. So we could move 226 at once with about an hour and a half notice, and we would drop them off somewhere. The vehicles could come back, and we would just do that round-robin,” Lt. Col. Shawn Tsuha said.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, April 8th, 2018 was:
AMBER McGRATH
(3-Time WINNER Dating Back to 2013)
Lawrenceville, GA
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
4/2/18
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Melissa Maestas
April Ashcraft
Kacie Rogers
Amber McGrath
Jennifer Kinner
Stephanie Griffith
Karen Bondehagen
Nikki Hunsaker
Ash Blackwell
Be Schwerin
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Alicia Dansby
Nicole Blaha
Ashley Agner
Kelly Prestenbach
Teena Sierson
Diane Hamric
Kathleen Marks
Amanda Peters
Brandi K Chaney
4/3/18
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Lia Jill
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Alicia Johnson
Mike Adamski
Ambreen Rouf
Morgan Fam
Kristina Rosson
Luis Y Katie Santos
Keith Ruff
Megan Rhyne
Misty Shallcross
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Teena Sierson
Diane Hamric
Kathleen Marks
Amanda Peters
April Ashcraft
Crystal Dougherty Merrill
Ruthie Helen Boilard
Kim Floyd
4/4/18
Lia Jill
Trish Musgrave
Misty Shallcross
Tonya Velazquez
Melissa Maestas
Eleazar Ruiz
Jodi Stevens
Amanda Peters
Brittany Light
Samantha Rentschler
Kathleen Marks
Anna Nichols
Amber McGrath
Sandy Nevels
April Ashcraft
Sandy K High
Nicola Blaha
Sherri Kidwell
Beth Meemo
Lauren Bradley
4/5/18
Kathi Taylor
Misty Shallcross
Samantha Brwn
Tonya Velazquez
Trish Musgrave
Jenifer Garza
Christy Hawkes
Wilma Mast
Amanda Peters
Jenn Anthony
Kelly Jo Francisco
Mary Achio
Susanne Killion
Jennifer Marie
Brandy Williams
Priscilla Shimp
Debbie Gremlin
David M Still
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Lia Jill
Amanda Saltsman
Amber McGrath
Lynn Gibbs Gann
Althea Thomas
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Kristina Rosson
4/6/18
Mikey Mellor
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Deborah Farris
Jodi Stevens
Mary Ann Cody
Hayley Cordaro
Brandy Williams
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Helen Saez Deverter
Jenifer Garza
Nacole Patrick
Lia Jill
Althea Thomas
Emily Rice Bowersock
Tiffany Borek
Nicole Blaha
Ashley Agner
Be Schwerin
Bea Patrick
Jennifer Kearney
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Michael Flagg
4/7/18
Michael Flagg
Brittany Daly
Kristi Cervantes
Sheri Boydston
Kathleen Marks
Be Schwerin
April Ashcraft
Becky Holland
Anna Nichols
Summer July
Jenifer Garza
Belinda Haas
Kristina Harris
Rebecca Honey Graham
Eleazar Ruiz
Marilyn Wall
Scot Sticha
Wendi Black
Missy Nicole Adams
Andrew W Sauer
4/8/18
Sunney Michelle Johnson
April Ashcraft
Lia Jill
Amanda Peters
Adaria Johnson
Jennifer Kearney
Jenifer Garza
Sheila Carvell
Christina Domingue
Ashley Agner
Deborah Farris
Brooke Scott
Brittany Light
Sherry Lilly
Heather Marocco
Dawn Raasch
Nicole Blaha
Samantha Rentschler
Jennifer Lang
Meg Marshall
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, March 25th, 2018 was:
TIFFANY BOREK
Angola, NY
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
3/19/18
Christy Hawkes
Kristina Rosson
Kathleen Marks
Brittany Light
Anggie Marie
Tanya Mattox
Jenifer Garza
Edward John
Deborah Farris
Tera Wardrip
Kendra George
Misty Shallcross
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tiffany Borek
Eleazar Ruiz
Nicole Blaha
Anna Nichols
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Alysia Jackson
Debbie Garretson
Amanda Saltsman
Penny Fernandez
Becky Freeman
Tracey Smith
3/20/18
Mikey Mellor
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Jenifer Garza
Jodi Stevens
Brandi K Chaney
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Amber McGrath
Nicole Blaha
Brooke Scott
Isis Sample
Cheryl Hall
Amanda Rosario
Jane Peterson
Misty Shallcross
Sheri Boydston
Marilyn Wall
Kathleen Marks
Kari Reed
Lindsey McCoy
Karen Cantrell
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Karen Bondehagen
Anggie Marie
Samantha Rentschler
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
3/21/18
Mikey Mellor
April Ashcraft
Katrina Worford
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Lee Clack
Betsy Riddle
Kathleen Marks
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Alexis Maureen
Tina Kaiser
Eleazar Ruiz
Chelcie Malow
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Karina Hernandez
Cheryl Hall
Lenis Abshire
Sheila Carvell
Lia Jill
Myranda Medlin
Kelly Jo Francisco
3/22/18
Brittany Light
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Christy Hawkes
Christina Domingue
Stephanie Griffith
Carla M. Williams
Tanya Mattox
Deborah Farris
Kacie Rogers
April Ashcraft
Debbie Gremlin
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Christy George
Trish Musgrave
Becky Holland
Be Schwerin
Kayte CookWatts
Jenn Hess
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Holly Cajigas
Kristi Cervantes
Diane Hamric
Brittany Joyner
Sara Haught
Lori Capobianco
3/23/18
Jenn Hess
Katrina Worford
Lenis Abshire
Heather Lynn Rood
Ashley Tipton
Amber Critchley
Lia Jill
Kimberly Snyder
Eleazar Ruiz
Beata Tybor
Alisa Unfred
Kelly Jo Francisco
Pamela Garner Sloss
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
April Ashcraft
Heather Jacques
Brenda Hogue-bella
Margaret Gipson
Brandi K Chaney
Emma Leport
3/24/18
Lori Capobianco
Christy Hawkes
Traci Anderson
Brittany Light
Stephanie Griffith
Jenifer Garza
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Debbie Farris
Lenis Abshire
Samantha Rentschler
Sheri Boydston
Cyndi Jansheski
Amanda Nicole Young
Sherry Lilly
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Mary Bubel Smith
April Ashcraft
Kelly Kriefall
Dawn Raasch
Lia Jill
3/25/18
Wilma Mast
Nicole Blaha
JoBeth Butsher
Karen Brunet Moore
Nai Merri
Jenifer Garza
Amber McGrath
Kacie Rogers
Maria Bouchard
Jennifer Marie
Amber Critchley
Sara Haught
Alicia Dansby
Lenis Abshire
Sheila Carvell
Heather Marocco
Melissa Maestas
Tonya Velazquez
Amanda Peters
Stephanie Beckwith
Cyndi Jansheski
Jessica Miller
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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The serial bomber, now identified as Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, killed himself with an explosive device as police were closing in on him. After a fifth explosion happened early Tuesday at a FedEx sorting facility near San Antonio, investigators used video surveillance images of a man dropping off two packages Sunday at a FedEx store south of Austin to identify Conditt. Another unexploded package bomb was discovered at another FedEx facility near Austin.
Officials say they tracked him to a hotel in Round Rock, about 20 miles north of Austin, after reportedly identifying him using receipts, internet searches, witness sketches and the surveillance video. Authorities were outside the hotel Wednesday morning when Conditt left the hotel. They followed him until he was forced into a ditch on the side of Interstate 35 where he detonated a bomb inside his vehicle, killing himself and injuring a SWAT officer. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said Conditt sensed that authorities were closing in on him on Tuesday night and recorded a 25-minute video confessing to building the explosive devices — but didn’t explain why he targeted his victims or a motive for his actions.
After the fourth explosion occurred over the weekend, authorities in Austin, Texas, warned the public that the series of package explosions are connected. None of the packages were mailed, instead they were placed near the individuals’ homes. They warned civilians to not open suspicious packages and to call the police. Over 500 agents from the FBI and ATF were assisting the Austin Police Department in the investigation.
The explosions started on March 2, 2018, when 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House was killed while opening an apparent package bomb at his home. On March 12th, two more explosions occurred within hours of one another at two separate residences. The first killed 17-year-old bassist Draylen Mason and injured his mother. The second explosion that day, severely injured a 75 year old woman. Authorities say those two bombs were triggered upon being picked up.
A third explosion on March 18th injured two men in a residential neighborhood. The two men, a 22 year old and 23 year old, suffered serious although not life-threatening injuries from an apparently tripwire-activated parcel bomb left on the side of the road. After the last explosion, authorities warned the public of a “serial bomber” possessing “a higher level of sophistication, a higher level of skill” than initially thought. Frederick Milanowski, special agent in charge for the ATF said that the bomb was anchored to a metal sign near a hiking trail and triggered by a wire as thin as fishing line that would’ve been incredibly difficult to see.
Authorities first offered a reward of $65,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the bomber or bombers but later raised the reward to $115,000. Police were looking at surveillance video in the neighborhoods in hopes of being able to identify a suspect. At a news conference, interim police Chief Brian Manley said the pair were walking on either the sidewalk or the median when the device was triggered by a trip wire. “That changes things,” he said, “Our safety message to this point has been involving the handling of packages, and telling this community, ‘Do not handle packages, do not pick up packages, do not disturb packages.” “We now need to have an extra level of vigilance and pay attention to any suspicious device, whether it be a package, a bag, a backpack — anything that looks out of place — and please do not approach it.”
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6 Critical Healthcare Legal Tips.
Healthcare matters can involve a whole host of medical and legal complications. At best, 
these issues may affect you financially; at worst, they could mean the difference between life and death. Whether you go to the hospital for a routine procedure or an emergency, there are steps you can take to help avoid complications.
If you are a member and have any questions, contact your LegalShield provider law firm. Your provider law firm information can be located on your LegalShield mobile app or through the “Ask Erin” feature available to members.
If you are NOT a LegalShield member, you can contact our membership enrollment offices at: 1-(800)-793-0471, or find the plan best for you at: LegalShield Plan Options.
- Have an up-to-date Medical Power of Attorney or Advanced Medical Directive (“Living Will”). In the event you cannot make medical decisions yourself, these documents entrust decisions about your care to a person you designate. Advise your family of your designation so that person is notified when decisions must be made.
- Make sure your name, identifying information and all other information is completely accurate at each doctor’s appointment, outpatient surgery and hospitalization. Serious problems involving medical care sometimes begin as simple clerical errors. A small error can create a major treatment crisis. Reduce the chance of error by carefully reviewing all your doctor’s office or hospital admissions paperwork. During hospitalization check your hospital wristband for errors.
- Understand your health insurance coverage before you get sick. It is important that you understand all the limitations and exclusions in your insurance policy. Your policy may require you to obtain pre-authorization for medical procedures. In addition, you may need supplemental coverage or disability coverage in the event of a long recovery. Review your health coverage now. It is too late to make critical changes after you get sick.
- Save any documents you receive regarding your care or billing. Even a regular doctors visit can result in multiple letters and bills. Save your medical documents throughout the year. Retaining your medical documentation helps track medical expenses at tax time and is crucial in the event of a fee dispute, insurance dispute or medical malpractice claim. Documents can be easily misplaced in the confusion of care and recovery. If you are too ill to organize your own paperwork ask someone you trust to help manage your documentation.
- Ask for a second opinion if you are unsure about your diagnosis or treatment. Healthcare decisions can be incredibly difficult to make, so it is important to make sure you fully understand your options before committing to a treatment plan. You always have the right to speak with another doctor or caregiver if you are uncomfortable with the diagnosis or treatment recommendations being made. You always have the right to refuse a treatment and seek help elsewhere.
- Advocate for quality care. It is important to speak up for yourself in healthcare situations. If you or a loved one have been hospitalized and have concerns about the quality of care, speak to a doctor or nursing supervisor. If you are unable to advocate for yourself due to the nature of your illness, medications or treatments, have a friend or family member stay with you. Many hospitals have a designated advocate on staff. If you feel your concerns are not addressed ask to speak with a patient advocate.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, March 18th, 2018 was:
BE SCHWERIN
Lincoln Park, MI
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
3/12/18
Mikey Mellor
Dave Miller
Cora Persephone
Priscilla Shimp
Brooke Scott
Jane Peterson
Susanne Killion
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Heather Lynn Rood
Brandi K Chaney
Helen Robinson
Sameh Saeid
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Eleazar Ruiz
Kimberly Snyder
Rondi Clark-Conn
Amy Chavis
Mary Achio
Penny Fisher
Alisa Jones
3/13/18
Jodi Stevens
Amy Chavis
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Sheri Boydston
Lia Jill
Nitasha Shank
Andrew Norton-Spingola
Kim Minton
Anna Nichols
Amber Critchley
JoBeth Butcher
Nancy Scharnhorst
Kelly Jo Francisco
Kathleen Marks
Emily Rice Bowersock
Beth Cleveland
Kimberly Snyder
Amber Chandler
Myranda Medlin
Jenn Smith Jackson
3/14/18
Sheila Carvell
Priscilla Shimp
Jennifer Saavedra
Lia Jill
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Ambreen Rouf
Jennifer Kinner
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Tracy Shafer
Brenda Hartwig
Diane Hamric
Vickie Gipson
Belinda Haas
Tonya Velazquez
Monica Meador
Jessica Massaway
Mary Achio
John Hardy
Jennifer Ramlet
Denesha Brown
Samantha Rentschler
Stephanie Beckwith
Anna Nichols
Karen Brunet Moore
3/15/18
Mary Ann Cody
Jodi Stevens
Lia Jill
Jenifer Garza
Misty Shallcross
Kathleen Marks
Lauren Bradley
Chelsie Nicole
Megan Rhyne
Jennifer Marie
Sherry Lilly
Samantha Rentschler
Nyeasia Pippin
Rondi Clark-Conn
Mary Bubel Smith
Meg Marshall
Cassandra Berholtz
Deborah Farris
Ambreen Rouf
Paula Rivers
Sheri Boydston
Wendi Black
Tonya Velazquez
Harley Magoon
3/16/18
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Lia Jill
Jennifer Marie
Kayte CookWatts
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Shannon Scott
Jodi Stevens
Rondi Clark-Conn
Ann Patrick
Kimberly Snyder
Nicole Blaha
Christy George
Anna Nichols
Jennifer Kinner
Amanda Saltsman
Stephanie Beckwith
Samantha Brwn
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Heather Lynn Rood
Deborah Farris
Tina Auth
Beth Stelzer-Smith
Felicia Block
Melissa Maestas
Becky Holland
Jamie Johns
Jennifer Lee Clack
3/17/18
Jennifer Kinner
Cheryl Hall
Jennifer Ramlet
Christina Domingue
Luis Y Katie Santos
Alexandra Vindiola
Alicia Smith
Jenifer Garza
Wilma Mast
Christy Hawkes
Phylicia Phillips
Kayte CookWatts
Lia Jill
Bea Patrick
Nicole Blaha
Amanda Saltsman
Rebecca Honey Graham
Tabitha Sinks
Sandy K High
Nacole Patrick
3/18/18
Be Schwerin
Jennifer Ramlet
Lia Jill
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Anna Nichols
Anggie Marie
Meg Marshall
Brandy Williams
Margaret Gipson
Brandi K Chaney
Michael Flagg
Maria Bouchard
Susan Clarke Jette
Amy Conyers
Amber Critchley
Jennifer Kinner
Christy Hawkes
Beth Stelzer-Smith
Mary Bubel Smith
Wendy Messer-Brinnon
Bethany Henry
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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An investigation into internal New York City Police Department files show that hundreds of officers have been allowed to keep their jobs and pensions despite having committed an array of offenses. According to hundreds of pages of internal police files, offenses committed from 2011 to 2015 by over 300 NYPD officers include excessive force against civilians, driving under the influence of alcohol, selling drugs, sexually harassing fellow officers, assault, threatening and stealing.
At least fifty officers lied on official reports, under oath, or during an internal affairs investigation. Thirty-eight were found guilty by a police tribunal of excessive force, getting into a fight, or firing their gun unnecessarily. Fifty-seven were guilty of driving under the influence. Seventy-one were guilty of ticket-fixing. One officer threatened to kill someone while some were guilty of lesser offenses, like mouthing off to a supervisor.
In every instance, the police commissioner, who has final authority in disciplinary decisions, assigned these officers to “dismissal probation” which is a penalty with few consequences. The officer continues to do their job at their usual salary but they may get less overtime and won’t be promoted during that period, which usually lasts a year. They continue to patrol the streets, arrest people and testify in criminal prosecutions. When the year is over, their probation period ends.
The probation files covered in the investigation do not include all officers who received dismissal probation during the 2011 to 2015 period. According to the NYPD, of the more than 50,000 people who work for the department, at least 777 officers and an untold number of other employees received the dismissal probation penalty during the five years in question. During that same period, 463 additional officers were forced to leave or resigned while a disciplinary charge was pending. Sources have said that dismissal probation is also used to punish some officers for reporting misconduct or just for getting on their supervisors’ bad sides. Still, many officers continue to patrol the streets making over $100,000 a year while the city has paid millions of dollars in civil settlements for offenses committed between 2011 and 2015, such as excessive force or unlawful arrest. These settlements are reached without the department or officer admitting any wrongdoing.
New York is one of three states, along with Delaware and California that has a law specifically shielding police misconduct records from the public. As police departments around the country face growing pressure to be more transparent about police misconduct, NYPD has doubled down on its stringent legal interpretation of those laws. Civil Rights Law Section 50-a is the law that hides New York police officers’ misconduct from public view and it’s one of the strictest in the nation.
The Department Advocate’s Office determines which officers to charge and prosecute at the NYPD’s internal disciplinary trials. Kevin Richardson, the deputy commissioner said the law prevented him from commenting on specific officers’ cases but that dismissal probation serves a valuable purpose. “The department is not interested in terminating officers that don’t need to be terminated. We’re interested in keeping employees and making our employees obey the rules and do the right thing, but where there are failings that we realize this person should be separated from the department, this police commissioner and the prior police commissioner have shown a willingness to do that.”
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, March 11th, 2018 was:
MELANIE MESSING
Brooklyn, NY
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
3/5/18
Sheila Carvell
Melissa Maestas
Jodi Stevens
Alicia Johnson
Joanie Waterman
Brooke Scott
Jessica Bognear
Lia Jill
Jenifer Garza
Kathleen Marks
Helen Saez Deverter
Anna Nichols
Jennifer Downing
Nicole Blaha
Trish Hysell
Mary Achio
Jennifer Kinner
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Nacole Patrick
Wendy Messer-Brinnon
Stella Methvin
Tiffany Patrick
Allison Frederick
Kacie Rogers
Christy Hawkes
Bea Patrick
3/6/18
Alexis Maureen
Lia Jill
Kendra George
Deborah Farris
Theresa Sigourney
Amanda Peters
Charlotte Dennis
Brooke Scott
Pamela White Brearley
Mary Ann Cody
April Denise Council-Redmond
Anna Nichols
Vickie Gipson
Beata Tybor
Amy Conyers
Myranda Medlin
Autumn Dansby
Lauren Bradley
Amy Chavis
Wilma Mast
Dave Miller
Kayte CookWatts
Samantha Rentschler
3/7/18
Karen Brunet Moore
Kelsey McKnight
Joanie Waterman
Ambreen Rouf
John Hardy
Jenifer Garza
John McKnight
Christy George
Dawna McKnight
Melanie Messing
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Brittany Light
Tanya Mattox
Chelsie Nicole
Kellina Fernell Murphy
Bethany Henry
Anggie Marie
Debbie Garretson
Beth Stelzer-Smith
Brooke Scott
Adaria Johnson
Alicia Smith
April Walrath
3/8/18
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Amber Chandler
Tammy Alcorta
Christina Domingue
Shelby Howke
Lia Jill
Anna Nichols
Heather Marocco
Stacy Lynn Nelson
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Wendy Messer-Brinnon
Brooke Scott
Nyeasia Pippin
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
Crystal Dotson
Geri Rus
Eleazar Ruiz
Brandi K Chaney
Nicole Blaha
April Ashcraft
Brittany Light
Bea Patrick
3/9/18
Lia Jill
Trish Musgrave
Amanda Peters
Emily Rice Bowersock
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Katrina Worford
Kathleen Marks
Anna Nichols
Jenifer Garza
April Ashcraft
Ashley Agner
Eleazar Ruiz
Kelsey Polacek
Margaret Gipson
Taschia Miller
Shelby Howke
Jennifer Marie
Felicia Block
Beth Cleveland
Misty Dawn Moores
Brenda Hartwig
3/10/18
Tanya Mattox
Karen Ann Hinkle
Isis Sample
Shelby Howke
Sheri Boydston
Jenn Anthony
Lia Jill
Debbie Garretson
Geri Rus
Eleazar Ruiz
Be Schwerin
Amanda Rosario
Mary Bubel Smith
Tonya Velazquez
Kimberly Snyder
Tammy Alcorta
Wilma Mast
Amanda Peters
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Lauren Bradley
Dean Bruss
Tracey Smith
Tracy Shafer
Jennifer Lee Clack
3/11/18
Jennifer Lee Clack
Lia Jill
Kendra George
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Nicole Blaha
Jodi Stevens
Trish Hysell
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Anggie Marie
Tanya Mattox
Kristi Cervantes
Ann Patrick
Diane Hamric
Samantha Brwn
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Christy Hawkes
Tina Casto-Shafer
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Tabitha Sinks
Michael Flagg
Christina Domingue
Deborah Farris
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
—————————————————————-
At Health Insurance 4 Everyone, we not only want to improve our customer service but also interact with our customers on a social media level that wasn’t available before. Interested in connecting with us? Look us up on….
Twitter: Healthinsurane4 (Follow Us On Twitter To Receive Faster Notifications When Daily Trivia Questions Posted, & To Be Immediately Notified When Weekly AmEX Gift Card Winners Are Announced!!)
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