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Month: December 2016

"I'd like to pay more to get less" -No One

December 28, 2016 mbmccoll 1 Comment

2017 promises to be an exciting year of change for health insurance and healthcare.  Regardless of the political shifting tides,…

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Posted in: Direct Primary Care, General Filed under: Healthcare, membership

VitalMeals Crockpot

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This week’s VitalMeals email has some helpful crock-pot ideas as well as some great recipes. This week’s recipes include Taco Bake…

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Posted in: VitalSigns Filed under: Vitalmeals

Merry Christmas!

December 23, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

As the week ends and we turn to the weekend celebration of Christmas, all of us at Trinity Medical Associates…

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Posted in: General, TMAHV Filed under: Christmas

Breast cancer's favorite food may be sugar

December 21, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

In this article, researchers found that cells obtained from breast cancer contain over six times as many receptors for insulin…

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Posted in: Nutrition Filed under: breast cancer, cancer, carbohydrate, insulin

New Jersey public workers get DPC care and love it

December 20, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Various local governments in New Jersey have begun contracting with DPC practices in the area to provide services for their…

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Posted in: Direct Primary Care, Health Insurance Filed under: DPC, government, New Jersey

How insurance Scrooged the complete physical

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Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol has become the quintessential icon of miserliness.  He embodies penny-pinching such that…

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Posted in: General, Health Insurance Filed under: complete physical, Insurance, Scrooge

VitalMeals Weekly Plan

December 19, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

If you’re in need of some help planning and preparing for healthy meals at home, then check out VitalMeals.  We…

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Posted in: Recipes, VitalSigns Filed under: low carb, Low carb pizza, Vitalmeals

The Fallacy of the Empty Calorie

December 18, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

The Fallacy of the Empty Calorie David Ludwig, MD shares a short essay on nutritional theory based on calories, whether…

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Posted in: Nutrition Filed under: calories, David Ludwig MD, empty, low carb

DPC memberships can reduce government spending

December 17, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

Direct Primary Care for Local Governments Union County employees in North Carolina recently were offered a DPC membership for their…

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Posted in: General, Health Insurance Filed under: DPC, government

Concierge Medicine For The Masses

December 16, 2016 mbmccoll Leave a comment

‘David Clause’ in Obamacare Ready to Slay the Healthcare Cost Beast “In my study of disruptive innovation in healthcare, I…

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Posted in: General, Health Insurance Filed under: DPC, forbes, Healthcare, Insurance, Obamacare

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