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Trip of a Lifetime to Croatia

Trip of a Lifetime to Croatia

by Yulia

You are invited to join me this September in Croatia and TODAY is the first day to register!

The first 8 people SAVE $100!!!

Come on a trip of a lifetime where we will dine together and make friends for life while we explore the most beautiful areas of Croatia!

We will have a private sailing tour in Dubrovnick, a VIP Game of Thrones tour, private boat tour of Pakleni Islands and Southern Coast of Hvar, a VIP tour of Diocletian’s Palace, learn my keto tips and tricks and SO MUCH MORE!

There’s NO JUDGING on any of my keto

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An Administrative Perspective – PHE America

An Administrative Perspective – PHE America

by Yulia

As we begin a new year, the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) continues to engage two national task forces to revise the national standards in health and physical education and I consider this work to be critical to the future of our profession. In regularly reviewing and revising our standards, we make certain that we include the latest research, hands-on teacher experiences, and best instructional practices from the field. Additionally, it allows us to continue to take a critical look at how our society and education have evolved around the essential work of student wellness in our

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Floridians don’t care about D or R. They want to see a doctor

Floridians don’t care about D or R. They want to see a doctor

by Yulia
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The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was passed in 2010. It's more popular than ever in Florida.

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was passed in 2010. It’s more popular than ever in Florida.

Associated Press

A record-breaking number of Floridians signed up this year for health insurance through Obamacare. That’s the program, in case you’ve forgotten, that Republicans spent years trying to get rid of and once called “the most dangerous piece of legislation ever passed.”

More than 3.2 million residents of the Sunshine State (20% of the

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The court case challenging Canada’s public healthcare

The court case challenging Canada’s public healthcare

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On Friday, BC’s Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s decision that access to medical care should be based on need and not the ability to pay. The court sided with the BC government’s argument that allowing private care would endanger the public system. For 13 years, orthopedic surgeon and president of Cambie Surgery, Brian Day has argued that patients should have the right to

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Manitoba offers tuition funding to help care home aids hired during the pandemic get certification

Manitoba offers tuition funding to help care home aids hired during the pandemic get certification

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Uncertified health-care aids in Manitoba who were hired to work in personal care homes during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to receive tuition support to expand their skill set and get certification, the province said Tuesday.

Over the next year, approximately 120 eligible health-care aids will be able to apply for the tuition support as part of the initial intake program, which will cost the province $3.4 million.

The province initially hired uncertified aids at the end of 2020 in response to an urgent need for more support in personal care homes, which were severely

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Premier Blaine Higgs defends sweeping changes to health-care leadership

Premier Blaine Higgs defends sweeping changes to health-care leadership

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Premier Blaine Higgs is defending what he calls his “shock and awe” changes to New Brunswick’s health-care system leadership last Friday.

He replaced the health minister, fired the head of the Horizon Health Network and replaced the boards of directors of both Horizon and Vitalité with a single trustee each.

Higgs says his actions demonstrated a suitable sense of urgency for a system in “crisis,” which he contends wasn’t coming across from those managing the system.

“We’re going to always find people who resist change. But it’s time to change our system and get it on a road to improvement

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Consumer alert: Health insurance gets pricier as people return to the doctor’s office after the pandemic slowdown

Consumer alert: Health insurance gets pricier as people return to the doctor’s office after the pandemic slowdown

by Yulia

After putting off routine health care for much of the pandemic, Americans are now returning to doctors’ offices in big numbers — a trend that’s started to show up in higher insurance rates across the country.

Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington, DC, will raise rates an average of 10% next year, according to a review of rate filings by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

That’s a big increase after premiums remained virtually flat for several years during the pandemic as insurers seek to recover costs for more people using their policies, combined with record-high inflation that’s

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