Stories about financial, physical, and emotional wellness.

Stories about financial, physical, and emotional wellness.

We post blog articles here regularly about financial, physical, and emotional wellness, and the steps working Americans can take to protect their income and strengthen their resilience, at home and in the workplace.

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Four Obamacare Changes Expected for 2017

More information about the size of the insurers’ network of doctors and hospitals, more standardized out-of-pocket costs, more warning about unanticipated out-of-network medical, and higher premiums are several Obamacare changes for 2017.

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The Dirty Dozen™: Twelve Foods with High Pesticide Residue

Each year, The Environmental Working Group updates it’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™. The guide tests 48 fruits and vegetables and ranks them according to their level of pesticide contamination. The 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residue are named the year’s Dirty Dozen™. Should you avoid these products? See for yourself.

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Don’t Have a Company Wellness Program? Try Company Health Challenges Instead

How many workers spend over 40 hours at work each week? Over 90 percent. That certainly provides enough time to implement company health challenges, which can improve your lifestyle habits and health behaviors. And with a group of motivated co-workers at hand, you have a built-in support and motivational community for the picking.

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Potentially Over-Rated Work Qualifications

Some work qualifications listed in job postings may be over-rated. Actually, some work qualifications may be darn right silly, especially when you look around and see the number of successful people who lack these qualifications and excel at their jobs nonetheless.

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