Affordable Health Care Options For Portland’s Uninsured

Being self-employed artists for nearly a decade, my husband and I know what it means to go without health insurance and health care. We practice preventative medicine such as exercising, eating healthy foods and taking vitamins, and we are both relatively healthy. Fortunately for us and many others like us, when we have had health-related problems, we are residents of Portland, Oregon. In Portland there exists a wealth of medical resources for low income families, from dentistry to chiropractics to alternative medicines. One such resource is The Coalition of Community Health Clinics, a group of 13 clinics that offer quality health care to Portland residents who are uninsured, underinsured and who would otherwise have no access to health care or necessary treatments. Most of the clinics bill patients on a sliding scale based on household income and many offer free emergency services for those who cannot afford to pay for medical care.

Here are just a few of the affordable options available to those who do not currently have health insurance or are underinsured

Retire Overseas Don’t Just Plunge In! Know These 7 Things First

For many people, to retire overseas is….exciting. A dream comes true……

But in the midst of all the excitement and euphoria, you could have missed out on a lot of things. Because retiring overseas isn’t the same like going overseas for holidays. It’s entirely a new ball game altogether.

Hey! You’re moving to a foreign country, let’s face it, you got tons of things to make sure first before you make that gigantic plunge!

Why Global Health Insurance is So Important

Can you imagine living in a country where you could be denied medical care, even in the most urgent situation, because you didn’t have immediate access to funds to pay for it Well, if you travel abroad, that is what you may be getting yourself into and if you don’t have some form of global health insurance, then you could be in big trouble.

Most people falsely assume that when they travel abroad they will be covered by their own health insurance. The reality is, though, that you will be covered up to the time you cross the border into another country. From that time on, you are usually on your own in terms of medical coverage. Even if you travel to a country like England or Canada that has a form of socialized medical care, you may get care, but it won’t be free.

Review of Social Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

First off this is a book that explains many parts of our human interactions that we take for given. For example until you read this book you might not be conscious of how much your emotions and state of mind are reflected in your words while you speak. The concept of mirror neutrons is explained which basically shows how when you interact with someone they feel how you feel to a certain extent.

A really good example of how emotions have special circuitry is how in the book he mentions that a men who has working eyes but his brain cannot translate the picture that his eyes send can still see emotions! To test this they showed the man some pictures of people doing a certain emotional response and he would be able to detect what it was despite not being able to see the picture.

Mental Health Problems – Why Most People Are Refusing to Seek Help

Mental health is to be taken very seriously, and quite arguably it is more important than our physical well-being. Because if you are not mentally stable, chances are you won’t be able to deal with the countless challenges that are part of life. Let’s face it, we all encounter periods when we feel depressed, frustrated, annoyed and just want to isolate ourselves. In such periods, we may handle it by going to sleep or finding a corner and just cry away the misery. For most of us this work, as the period will pass and then we can resume our normal life. On the other hand, some people will undergo lengthy periods of depression which demands immediate medical attention. A lack of medical care could result in the condition getting worse.