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Student health insurance options explained
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Lewis-Clark State College will no longer offer a Student Health Insurance Program (or SHIP) this fall, due to a change by the Idaho State Board of Education. Other regional schools that also have no SHIP include:...
7 Tips for Managing Stress
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
We can all use some help managing stress in our lives. Here are 7 very practical, free and easy tips for managing daily anxieties from Business Psychology Associates (BPA). THE BINGE & PURGE PROBLEM: Do you...
Join Us! 4th of July Fireworks Show
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
For our 30th year, AMERICAN INSURANCE invites you to join us in Adams Field at Clarkston High School for the Independence Day Fireworks Celebration. You are invited to Adam's Field at Clarkston High School. There is no...
ACA Exchange Subsidies Secured - Supreme Court
Thursday, June 25, 2015
The latest legal attack on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. In KING v. BURWELL, plantiff's argued that the plain language in PPACA says...
Who's Dying On The Job? 150 per day!
Monday, May 4, 2015
A study of 2013 statistics shows 4,585 workers were killed on the job in the United States, and an estimated 50,000 died from occupational diseases, resulting in a loss of 150 workers each day from hazardous working...
Preventative Care Benefits Expanded
Friday, April 24, 2015
Regence BlueShield of Idaho announced additional new preventative care benefits are now included on all ACA compliant group insurance policies. Regardless of the renewal date of a Regence group insurance policy the...
Idaho Universities Withdraw Student Health Plan
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
The Student Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is being withdrawn from four Idaho universities beginning July 31, 2015. Students at Lewis-Clark State College, Boise State University, Idaho State University and Eastern...
One in Three Truckers Don't Buckle Up
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
About 65 percent of on-the-job deaths of truck drivers in 2012 were the result of a motor vehicle crash. More than a third of the drivers who died were not wearing a seat belt. This troubling fact has the National...
How 5 Amateur Arsonists Screwed-up
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Bedeviled by sagging bank accounts and burdensome mortgages, some cash-strapped building owners try to burn their way out of debt. Lighting up spilled gasoline or interior gas lines seems like an easy gambit. One flick...
Law Enforcement Crackdown on Texting & Driving
Friday, March 27, 2015
From April 10 to 15, 2015, law enforcement personnel will be using a combination of traditional and innovative strategies to crack down on motorists who text while driving. This effort is a part of the national U Drive....
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