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How to Find the Best Health Insurance For You

Health insurance helps people afford medical care when they need it. It covers expenses like doctor’s consultations, medicines and ambulance costs. It also covers pre-existing illnesses like thyroid issues, diabetes and high blood pressure. Those without health coverage pay more than those with it. Health insurance is available through work, the marketplace or private insurers. […]

Medical Terminology

Medical is a wide-ranging term that refers to many different aspects of health and medicine. The word comes from the Latin root médicina, which means “treatment or cure.” Medical terminology includes language used to describe anatomy, procedures, conditions and treatment options for patients in the healthcare field. This specialized vocabulary is often difficult for people […]

Doctor Organization – Organizing Doctors to Improve Their Workplaces

Many doctors, especially those who work in hospitals, clinics, emergency rooms and private practice, feel they have no voice in their workplaces. With traditional union density at only 5 to 7% of the profession, they have little collective power to push for structural change in their institutions. But that is changing fast. Earlier this year, […]

Alcona Health Center Receives Top Five Hospital Ratings

Alcona Health Center is a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) deemed facility that receives government funding and provides medical/dental/behavioral health malpractice claims for itself and its covered individuals. It is located at 1209 US Highway 23 N, Alpena, MI 49707 and has 180 employees. Last week, the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated […]

Alpena General Hospital

About the hospital: As an award-winning, critical access hospital, alpena general offers inpatient and outpatient care with a 24-hour emergency department. The hospital provides a wide range of medical services and is also home to a behavioral health program for adults and adolescents that treats addiction and mental illness. The hospital also serves as a […]

General Hospital

Founded by producers Frank and Doris Hursley, general hospital was launched in April of 1963 on the ABC network. The show was originally a half-hour daytime drama, but later expanded to an hour. General Hospital is known for introducing a variety of trends to the soap opera genre, including fast-paced action-adventure plotlines that were a […]

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