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Dental Insurance – Show Your Mouth Some Love
This holiday season, amongst the sweets and hard candies you are surely to pluck from heart shaped bowls everywhere, you may want to think back to your last dental check up. Are you a regular, every six months? Or only visit when something starts to ache? To prevent the dreaded drilling and pain, it’s best to stick to those six month visits! So whether you do not have Dental Insurance or are looking to improve or supplement your current coverage, look no further. Health Insurance Specialists provides the one stop shop to comparing and purchasing dental coverage all in one place at our Online Store >>
Happy Groundhogs Day
On February 2nd of every year, as tradition we await the determination of the future weather by a groundhog. And not just any groundhog, but a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil. So the question remains in 2012, did Phil see his shadow? The answer is yes, according to legend this means six more weeks of winter as opposed to an early spring. While believing in the four legged forecaster is a belief left for our children, scientists have determined that there is no real correlation between Phil’s predications and the weather. As a matter of fact, Phil is more often wrong then he is right. But let’s just humor Phil, and say that we are going to have longer winter weather this year, are you prepared? Do you have a solution to overcoming the winter blues? Well we do! How about a vacation to somewhere warm? The Caribbean, Australia, anywhere near the equator! Health Insurance Specialists Inc supplies not just Health Insurance, but Travel Insurance (including International travel), Trip Cancellation Insurance, Medical Insurance that caters to vacationing, as well as Identify Theft Protection. Pack your sunscreen for your trip and tuck your worries away, because HISI has you covered for all your vacation preparations. Contact us today to find the right product to fit your needs. Health Insurance Specialists, Inc. Jon Belinkie 17620-B Redland Road Rockville, MD 20855 Phone: (301) 590-0006 Fax: (301) 590-0661 Email: jbelinkie@his-inc.com
Travel Safety
With Christmas almost upon us and New Years a week away, many families are preparing for travel to see loved ones. Planning and packing for a trip can be a chore all in itself. Preparing for the possibilities of what can happen while on a holiday or winter trip is essential to staying a safe and healthy. With the help of Health Insurance Specialists, not only can all of you medical insurance needs be covered, but we can also assist with your auto insurance needs as well as travel insurance and identity theft protection. This is also a good time of the year to review or update your life insurance policies, long term care plans and wills. Please check out our online store or contact Jon Belinke for more information on how we can be of service to you, this holiday season. Preparation and organization are key factors when packing for a long distance trip. Be sure to take extra pillows and blankets for every member in the car. If the vehicle you are in happens to break down or worse, is involved in an accident, it could be little while for help to get to you. Your blankets, as well as coats, could protect you from the winter weather hazards and keep you warm.
Staying healthy while holiday shopping
The holiday season has arrived, and for many of us that includes A LOT of gift giving and good sales. The accessibility of shopping is astonishing, the options are endless. In this technology day of age there are those of us who prefer to just stay home and shop from the safety our laptops, others prefer to use personal shoppers to deal with the nonsense at the stores; And still there are the millions of us who simply enjoy the hustle and bustle of the season. Shopping is also available on our website, whether you are shopping for Health Insurance or Car Insurance, Pet Insurance or Travel Insurance; all kinds of insurance to fit your needs are accessible at the HISI Online store. Follow this link to check it out. Shoppers today have become increasingly competitive, not only having the stress about if they will be able to get the gift they were looking for, but whether the holiday shopping hazards will include stampedes, pepper spraying, or simple household chemical attacks. Most people are only concerned with the sale of the day, not the germs, cold and flu viruses that they are bringing home to share. By following the simple tips below all of us can do our duty to share a healthy holiday season rather than receive the flu. TIP 1: Hand sanitizer. Alcohol based sanitizer is the quickest and easiest way to prevent the spread of
Lights & Ladders
One of my favorite family traditions during the month of December is driving up and down the streets of my neighborhood and looking at all the fun Christmas lights. Just like snow, it is amazing how the lights can just set the scene for a wonderful holiday. But for most, to get those gorgeous fun lights up is quite a chore and when unprepared can be quite dangerous. Did you know in one year more than 163,000 people make emergency room visits due to ladder accidents alone. In this week’s article we will discuss the proper techniques on how to safely use a ladder, as well as tips and guidelines to help avoid serious injury. Weight capacity: Portable ladders are categorized three different ways; Industrial, Commercial, and Household. Industrial ladders are heavy duty ladders with a load capacity of no more than 250 lbs. Commercial Ladders have a medium duty load capacity of no more than 225 lbs, best suited for painting and similar tasks. Household ladders are light-duty with a load capacity of 200 lbs. The most common type of ladder in a home is the step ladder for your everyday needs. With the right ladder and proper use, working above ground level should be no problem. Make sure you have an appropriate ladder and use correct technique for placement and climbing.
Food for Thanksgiving Thought
The first Thanksgiving was held by Pilgrims Fiction-Technically, American Indians, Europeans, and other cultures around the world often celebrated the harvest season with feasts to offer thanks to higher powers for their sustenance and survival. In 1541 Spaniard Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his troops celebrated a “Thanksgiving” while searching for New World gold in what is now the Texas Panhandle. In 1564 feasts were held by French Huguenot colonists in (what is now) Jacksonville, Florida, English colonists and Abnaki Indians celebrated at Maine’s Kennebec River in 1607, and in 1610 Jamestown, Virginia colonists celebrated with the arrival of a food-laden ship that ended a brutal famine. It’s the 1621 Plymouth Thanksgiving that’s linked to the birth of our modern “Thanksgiving” holiday.
The Pink Campaign
It’s Pinktober …..The marketing and commercialization of pink is everywhere you look. But the question remains is the pink epidemic a supportive cause or simply a way for big name companies to improve their image? When National Breast Cancer Awareness Month was started in 1984, it helped open a public dialogue about a disease that kills more than 40,000 women a year. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised to fund breast cancer research, education and medical services.
Think Pink Live Green
The Think Pink, Live Green aphorism is based upon the initiative for early prevention; essentially the goal is risk reduction. Think Pink, Live Green is a movement to change the way we live life, because life style changes made today can lower a person’s risk tomorrow. The Think Pink Live Green logo embodies the Yin-Yang symbol. The breast is the pink representing the inside environment of the body and how it is interconnected with the external environment represented by the green leaf.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month… Show Your Pink Side.
Pink! Pink! Pink! It’s all around us this October, everywhere you turn. Major clothing brands, laundry detergent campaigns, races, 300 pound linebackers, even the pens your write with? Everyone is supporting the PINK cause. Breast cancer is a devastating cancer that affects many in one way or another. Both men and women suffer the effects from breast cancer; it is not limited to a race, sex or age. At some point in time almost every person will have been personally affected by breast cancer; whether it be the physical suffering or emotional turmoil, whether it’s a friend, family member or co-worker.
Learning More About Healthcare Reform – Part 1
All Americans should have the same right to well care. There is no doubt that the current system is not helping many Americans who rely on health care to stay alive. The biggest problem with the system is that only people who make a steady income or no income at all are entitled to good health. Only wealthier Americans can afford insurance and the cost of regular preventive care. Even Americans who are under the poverty line are given medical benefits from the government that many middle class Americans can’t even access.
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