As 2017 comes to a close and open enrollment is upon us, many are considering their health care options for the new year. Thanks to the legal approval it received from Montana insurance commissioner Matt Rosendale this week, a monthly fee-based health care model that does away with insurance billing is now a viable option.
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Scott Pruitt Just Doesn’t Know When To Stop
For many people, a trip to Disneyland is a chance to create memories and enjoy the day with family and friends. The last thing anyone thinks about when visiting a theme park is contracting a debilitating illness. Unfortunately for several people who visited Disneyland in Anaheim, that’s exactly what happened to them. According to the Orange County Health Care Agency, the theme park had to recently shut down “two bacteria-contaminated cooling towers after health officials discovered several cases of Legionnaires’ disease in people who had visited” the park in recent months.