America's Healthcare Advocate

by Cary Hall

My name is Cary Hall and I have a strong desire to empower my fellow Americans to cancel out (not add to) the noise and confusion in the US healthcare system by bringing you curated information, a powerful group of healthcare providers, experts, practitioners, authors, and inventors, plus related business and industry leaders for every episode of my show. My goal is to enable you to become an expert in your own healt ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • Season 19

  • Why do hospitals charge private insurance carriers 250% more than Medicare for the same procedures?

    Why do hospitals charge private insurance carriers 250% more than Medicare for the same procedures?

    This week our guest Terri Raimondi joins host Cary Hall for a revealing look into the high cost of health insurance and why its so high. Our experts tell all and you're going to learn where is the money going (and guess who pays for it)? Cary Hall: "You know, they always say, follow the money. We're going to help you follow the money. And we're going to have that discussion about national health care and how it works. And why is it the Europeans spend less on health care and than we do. We're going to talk about all those things today with this national expert Terri Raimondi here in the AHA studio with me". We will explain Self-Funded Health Insurance Programs, Employer Self-Funded Health Insurance Plans and tell you what BUCA plans are and what a Third Party Administrator does. Episode 1928Lean more, contact Terri Raimondi: terriraimondi@me.com Got a show idea? Contact Cary Hall: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

  • Would You Be Willing to Loose Weight If Coached by an NFL Player?

    Would You Be Willing to Loose Weight If Coached by an NFL Player?

    In this episode my guest is Russ Allen, Volunteer Director of the NFL Alumni Association TackleObesity.com campaign. Russ shares some truly amazing weight loss knowledge and how his website TackleObesity.com is where you can join wellness experts in an online, season long campaign that will include the NFL Alumni Association members directly coaching you in zoom conferences and a "Playbook" of key insights on how to maintain your weight and how to loose it and will be presented in 12 sequential programs. I'm doing it! You should join us! The campaign in its 4th year and has evolved from the "Huddle Up Let’s Talk Obesity" Public Service Announcement, which was a Sabre Winning campaign in year 1 and featured notable NFL Alumni (NFLA) encouraging the public along with the NFLA membership to begin the process of gaining control of their obesity and getting comfortable speaking about it. "Obesity is a medical condition, not a character flaw" is the mantra of the campaign. In years two and three the initiative transformed into the NFL Alumni Wellness Challenge and during that time 16 of their members lost an average of 35 Lbs! This year TackleObesity.com will enable graduates of the Wellness Challenge (go to nflalumniwellness.org for details) who've been trained to be coaches and public speakers on the topic. After listening to this podcast, I invite you to join us and loose some weight. Start Here: TackleObesity.com Additional info: Russ Allen https://tackleobesity.com/ Russ Allen is the CEO of WellnessNOW.com and operates a network of wellness services under the Optimal brand including OptimalAge.com, OptimalAthlete.com, Optimal Beauty.com, OptimalWomen.com, OptimalMen.com and Optimal Wellness.com Each Optimal service line provides specific wellness optimizations treatment, diagnostics, and care by expert providers. Russ previously owned a concierge medical facility in Manhattan and a 12,000 sq ft medical facility in Astoria, Queens, NY. https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-allen-8272753/

  • How to take the guesswork out of Managing Diabetes

    How to take the guesswork out of Managing Diabetes

    Diabetes is an Epidemic in the US with 1.6 Million Adults & 283,000 Child Diabetics. A study out that says that's going to increase by 65% over the next four decades. So think about that. If you're already at 1.6 million and you're going to increase that by 65%, now you're doubling it, okay, to 3,000,003 and a half million. In this episode, our expert guests are from Medtronic: Ron Hoyler is a diabetes nurse. He's an educator and he's a nurse clinician. He has a master's in business administration, health care administration, a master's of science in nursing, a bachelor of arts degree in personnel administration, associate applied Science in Nursing degree as well, and he is a certified diabetes technician, a certified diabetes care and education specialist, a certified insulin pump trainer, a 2022 Medtronic Core Training MVP, and he was patient experience champion for Children's Mercy Hospital. Ed Clasby has been with Medtronic for 21 years, so he certainly knows his way around the medical equipment business. But the purpose of this show is to educate you about diabetes and the two products that can make a big difference in your life. Ep 1926 Contact: Medtronics Phone number 888-882-8602. https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/products/minimed-780g-insulin-pump-system

  • How Medicaid recipients who are losing coverage can obtain an ACA policy and Cover the Premium

    How Medicaid recipients who are losing coverage can obtain an ACA policy and Cover the Premium

    Join me the week as my guests from Blue K.C. Barron Roberts and Ryan Roth discuss how Medicaid recipients who are losing coverage can obtain an ACA policy with a Subsidy that Could Cover All Or Most Of The Premium. It's important information for anyone losing coverage in 2024 We also discuss upcoming broker events regarding Medicare Advantage, ACA, and Group health offerings by Blue K.C. Barron Roberts is Manager of Medicare and Individual Sales at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City and Ryan Roth is Sales Director at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City While this episode provides information specific to the Kansas City metro, we feel there’s important information for all of the U.S. and BCBS of KC Learn More: Visit https://www.bluekcforyou.com or call 833-264-1596 Got an idea for a show? Send me a message: https://www.americashealthcareadvocate.com/contact-us

  • Agent Orange Update, 9 Distinct Benefits of Zinc & Ending Short-Term Healthcare in 2024-Multi-Topic

    Agent Orange Update, 9 Distinct Benefits of Zinc & Ending Short-Term Healthcare in 2024-Multi-Topic

    Today in our August Multi-Topic update, we discuss the supplement ZINC and what are the 9 Distinctive Health Benefits of taking it, we update Vets on Agent Orange from the VA Agent Orange Newsletter and new health issues developing. Plus, the new law "No Smoking in New Zealand", Anywhere! I will also reveal how the administration is Ending Short-Term Health Policies in January of 2024 and the real Impact that will have and lastly, National Healthcare in the UK: How’s that going? It's a fascinating, multi-topic, cornucopia of health-related information from Cary Hall, America's Healthcare Advocate. Ep 1924 U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Phù Cát Air Base VietnamNakhon Phanom https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/index.asp monoclonal gammapathy (MGUS) Agent Orangehttps://www.neurologic.life/Neuro 20 Suit Wavi brain Scan