The best times to get pet insurance for dogs

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One of the best times to get pet insurance for your dog is when they’re still a puppy.

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If you’re a pet owner, you already know how much thought goes into owning yours paint or dogs. You’re often thinking about what’s best for them, whether that be the type of food they eat, the veterinarian who takes care of them or the groomer who gives them their haircuts. This thought process also extends to the pet insurance world.

While pet insurance can be a cost-effective and valuable protection to secure, it pays to get the timing right.

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A quick guide to understanding Individual Health Insurance

The importance of having Health Insurance is now more than ever. The rapid changes in our daily lives, our work-life patterns, dietary practices, etc., only reinforce the necessity of staying healthy and having to be financially prepared for any health emergencies.

As the awareness about investing in a Health Insurance plan is growing, many people from different age groups, especially the younger generations, take steps to secure their health and finances with Health Insurance.

Health Insurance plans can be broadly categorized under two sections – Individual Health Insurance and Family Health Insurance. As the name suggests, Individual Health Insurance

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What You Need to Know About Licensing and Credentialing

Many of our clients have had questions or issues regarding their license or credentialing. New physicians and physicians who have been practicing for years can all encounter issues with their medical licenses. We help our clients work to get the answers and results they need.

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Depending on the issues that you may be having, there are different approaches to take in dealing with the Bureau of Professional Licensing and the

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Pacific Blue Cross on its “healthy” approach to diversity, equity and inclusion



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Pacific Blue Cross on its “healthy” approach to diversity, equity and inclusion

Diversity & Inclusion

By Lyle Adriano

As part of its 5-Star Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion awards, Insurance Business surveyed insurance employees to determine what are the most important things in a company’s diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) programs.

That survey found that the top three things that every insurance employer must have in their DEI program are: employees having a sense

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How Do I Get Out of My Non-Compete?

In healthcare, there has been a large expansion in non-compete clauses. Many of our clients would like to find a way out of their non-compete clause when looking to leave their current employment.

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The first way to avoid breaching a non-compete clause is to have your attorney negotiate a contract without a non-compete clause before beginning your employment.

Sometimes, non-compete clauses are unavoidable. So what can you do in that

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GMHBA Shows the Honest Reasons We Need Health Insurance in New Brand Campaign via Howatson+Company

GMHBA Health Insurance has launched their latest brand work via Howatson+Company to show Australians that they’ll protect their members, for the life they choose, and the one they don’t.

The campaign, shot by award-winning director Matthew Thorne of Pool Collective, shines an empathetic light on the stories of everyday Australians in a way that’s not often represented in the category. From growing faster than they had planned, to those families who might be more fragile than they look.

Helen Stevens, Chief Marketing Officer at GMHBA, said, “It was really important that we created a campaign that expressed who we are

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Public health insurance for parents improves children’s reading skills, study finds

Public health insurance for parents improves children's reading skills, study finds

Analytic Sample Construction. Notes: Sample sizes are approximate (varies across model specifications); and rounded to the nearest 10 based on dataset guidelines. * The ECLS-K data manual recommends the use of sampling weights as appropriate to balance the trade-off between non-response bias and sample size considerations; therefore we chose the longitudinal weight – w9c29p_9a0 for our analyzes that provide appropriate adjustments for complex survey design and non-response bias in the survey waves we use in our sample. credits: Southern Economic Journal (2022). DOI: 10.1002/soej.12614

A recent series of three papers authored by Caitlin Lombardi demonstrates the effects of publicly funded

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How long should Texas extend Medicaid coverage after childbirth? : Shots

When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in Texas — which ended just two months after she gave birth. Losing insurance so soon was stressful. She supports a push for Texas to extend Medicaid coverage for a full year after childbirth.

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When Victoria Ferrell Ortiz had her daughter in 2017, she was covered by a limited form of Medicaid in Texas — which ended just two months after she gave birth. Losing insurance so soon was stressful.

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