Come to find out this past week that a local, very large company will be increasing the cost of health insurance to their smoking employees more than $600 per year above what the non smoking employees will be charged. How they will enforce this I can't figure unless they will be putting in secret video cameras or something of the sort.
A sign of things to come for all of us? At one point, I grilled a disability insurance agent about their ability to find out about the health status of people-especially regarding the results of advertised "confidential" testing. I was assured that this company had the ability to find out pretty near anything it wanted...left a bad taste in my mouth.
Let me shamelessly promote health. Starting November 1 we will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Northeastern NY Regional Food Bank-bring in $50 worth of food and receive a consultation, health history review and a computerized nervous system stress test. Do something good and get something to make you good-win, win.
Then, starting just after Thanksgiving, we begin collecting hats, mittens, gloves and scarves for children in need. We call this Dress A Tree/Dress A Child and we have done it for 10 years in Guilderland. Donations go to the rescue missions of Schenectady and Albany-the person with the largest gift (tons o' scarves) gets a special gift from AAC Family Wellness.
Our passion is to help people get and stay well. Be a part of it this holiday season!
A sign of things to come for all of us? At one point, I grilled a disability insurance agent about their ability to find out about the health status of people-especially regarding the results of advertised "confidential" testing. I was assured that this company had the ability to find out pretty near anything it wanted...left a bad taste in my mouth.Let me shamelessly promote health. Starting November 1 we will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Northeastern NY Regional Food Bank-bring in $50 worth of food and receive a consultation, health history review and a computerized nervous system stress test. Do something good and get something to make you good-win, win.
Then, starting just after Thanksgiving, we begin collecting hats, mittens, gloves and scarves for children in need. We call this Dress A Tree/Dress A Child and we have done it for 10 years in Guilderland. Donations go to the rescue missions of Schenectady and Albany-the person with the largest gift (tons o' scarves) gets a special gift from AAC Family Wellness.
Our passion is to help people get and stay well. Be a part of it this holiday season!
Dr. Sarah Westcott
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