Health Plus Blog

A childhood obesity epidemic is sweeping across the country. One in three children ages 6-19 is overweight, a number that has doubled in the last decade, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Being overweight is one thing children should be warned about early. Overweight adolescents have a 70 percent chance of becoming [...]

Let’s brainstorm for healthcare reform.Time to think outside the box. What follows is a “what if” discussion that could help us discover new solutions to existing problems of national concern. If the following numbers are somewhat inaccurate, it should not matter.Premise: There are three large rocks in the road for Obama’s Health Care Reform.First is [...]

Barack Obama’s ambitious health care plan is fairly simple and straightforward. His plan seeks to dramatically and swiftly increase the number of people that have health insurance. He insists that this plan will save the typical American family approximately $2500 in annual costs. Since the average Ohio health insurance premium is less than most other [...]