This post is a response to a question from someone about going into healthcare late in life and in the economic turmoil of today.
I absolutely say go for it, but of course I am biased. There are a couple of aspects to your question. The first one is concerning your age and my answer is that it doesn’t matter. Over thirty really isn’t that far behind. The average age of the students in my class at the beginning of the year was almost 25. I have met several people that are on their second career and some of them are over thirty. We even have one or two people in our first year medical Continue reading
Posted on December 07th, 2008 in Helth News
Posted on October 10th, 2008 in Helth News
The possibility of a merger between Excellus BlueCross and BlueShield and HealthNow New York raises questions about whether such a deal would really be in the best interest of consumers.
Merger talks between the two insurers ended unsuccessfully sometime in the last year, largely due to the sour economy. But the companies remain interested in combining operations and could resume negotiations sometime in the future.
A merger could mean reduced costs for the two companies as they eliminate duplicate functions, lay off unneeded workers and pursue other efficiencies.
But the proposed deal also Continue reading