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21.03.12 Spring Home Tips

This early Spring and warmer than normal weather have most of us yearning to spend some time outside.  Here are a few tips we found from HGTV that will help keep little things from becoming big things. http://www.hgtv.com/home-improvement/a-few-tips-to-herald-the-arrival-of-spring/index.html            

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03.01.12 Medicare changes and more expense on the horizon

Dial down the partisan rhetoric and surprising similarities emerge from competing policy prescriptions by President Barack Obama and leading Republicans such as Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan. Limit the overall growth of Medicare spending? It’s in both approaches. Squeeze more money from upper-income retirees and some in the middle-class? Ditto. Raise the eligibility age? That too, [...]

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14.11.11 Coat-A-Kid Campaign kicks off today!

Worth Insurance Group is conducting a Coat-A-Kid campaign beginning today.  We’re collecting new and gently used children’s coats to provide to our local elementary and middle school family resource offices.  So, please go through your children’s closet and find last year’s too small coat and drop it off at Worth Insurance Group at 601 Carlton [...]

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26.10.11 Countdown to Halloween!

Here are some tips to help keep your kids safe. http://blogs.mutualofomaha.com/articles/2011/10/24/safety-first-take-the-scary-out-of-halloween/  

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06.10.11 Anthem network news for group and individual health plans

Walgreens, a pharmacy retailer, has announced its intent to exit the Express Scripts pharmacy provider network when its current contract expires on December 31, 2011. What does this mean? Unless an agreement is reached between Express Scripts and Walgreens, our members will no longer be able to receive coverage for their prescription medications from Walgreens [...]

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04.10.11 Bad Weather Driving

One of the lessons I guess nearly all of us can remember from our school days is the Aesop’s fable of the tortoise and the hare. The basic message is: slow and steady beats fast and furious. Well, okay, maybe that isn’t always true, but I often think of it when some tail-gater pulls out [...]

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22.08.11 Safe Driving on the Freeway

As you are aware, automobile accidents are a major cause of death in the United States.  They are the single most common cause of death among children and young adults, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  The NHTSA reports over 6 million police-reported automobile accidents occur annually, which constitutes [...]

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12.08.11 Breaking Health Care Reform News

Appeals court rules part of President Obama’s Health Care Reform unconstitutional. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44121956/ns/politics-white_house/  

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09.08.11 Health Care Reform Clarifies More Preventive Care: Birth Control

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28.07.11 Take Steps to Prevent Dog Bites

  Did you know that dog bites cause nearly 800,000 injuries requiring immediate medical care in the United States each year?  This statistic is based on a study conducted by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.  If your dog bites someone, you can be held legally liable.  (Fortunately, this loss is normally covered [...]

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