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LOS ANGELES--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The Larry King Cardiac Foundation and Dizzy Feet Foundation today announce the creation of Dance 4 Your Life!, a new national health campaign that asks Americans to dance their way toward an active and healthy lifestyle. Dance 4 Your Life! is centered around National Dance Day, an annual celebration that takes place on the last Saturday in July and was launched in 2010 by Nigel Lythgoe, DFF co-president and co-creator and executive producer of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.” Expanding the message and fun of National Dance Day into a year-around initiative, Dance 4 Your Life! will raise awareness of the benefits of dance and encourage people of every age and physical condition to incorporate dance into their lives as a way to improve heart health and combat obesity.

“Dance is an activity that is universally recognized and accessible across all socioeconomic levels, making it an ideal approach to promoting heart health. Our partnership with Dizzy Feet in creating Dance 4 Your Life! is intended to address Americans’ increasingly sedentary lifestyles and the resulting health issues,” says Larry King, longtime host of CNN’s “Larry King Live” and founder of the Larry King Cardiac Foundation.

The Dance 4 Your Life! campaign will feature a nationwide dance celebration and information program during the month of July, leading up to National Dance Day and continuing thereafter through media and tie-in activities throughout the remainder of the year. LKCF and DFF are pleased to have the support of platinum sponsors and partners in this important initiative – leading dancewear retailer Discount Dance Supply and CVS Caremark through its All Kids Can program, committed to making life easier for children of all abilities. Everyday Health has also signed on as media partner and will provide exclusive content for the campaign. Six Flags , the world’s largest regional theme park company, has also joined Dance 4 Your Life! as a national venue sponsor and will host the official National Dance Day events at a number of its parks around the country. Details regarding locations and times will be released in the weeks to come.

“The Dizzy Feet Foundation is committed to supporting better access to dance education for all. I am excited to join my fellow Dizzy Feet co-founders, Adam Shankman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Katie Holmes, and the rest of the foundation in introducing Dance 4 Your Life! — the first national campaign to reduce obesity through dance,” says Lythgoe.

Medical Discount Plans are not Texas Health Insurance | Texas ...

Longtime client sends me an email today asking should he switch to this new hot plan he got in the mail. He proceeded to tell me in the email that its only 30 bucks a month and he pays about $100 now. Well, he did move to Florida and since I only do business in Texas I took a peek at it, this is almost comical.

Quoting the very first paragraph of the little mailer he got: “GoBlue is an affordable limited benefit plan….that guarantees you access to valuable Blue Cross and Blue Shield member discounts.” Are you kidding me? Oh well, they did have plans STARTING at $30 a month. I like that verbiage.. starting at $30 a month. I have plans starting at $30 a month but I promise you I have nor will I ever write one due to structure of the coverage.

Ok, my client we are talking about here is a highly intelligent financial planner so I would never expect him to fall for this but he almost did. Lets talk about this for a moment. Does everyone remember what our mom and dad told us as kids, if it’s to good to be true it probably is. Please, don’t forget that little motto, it stands just as true today as it did when my parents told me back in the 60′s. Oh, it’s even more true for Texas Health Insurance .

Limited benefit health plans and discount plans do nothing but provide a false sense of security to the possessors of these plans or should I say worthless bundles of fancy written paper. Bottom line: it’s not traditional insurance in the sense you have a claim and it pays. These plans work like this, say you have a $50,000 claim, the insurance company will negotiate a pre set discount, most times the discount equates to about 40% max, sometimes only 10% and rarely higher unless its Texas Medicare Insurance . So now your claim has been reduced to about $30,000, do you have 30 grand sitting in your desk drawer? I don’t and I doubt you do.

Another thing, you will.. I repeat you WILL pay that up front because you don’t have traditional insurance. With traditional Texas Health Insurance they bill the insurance company. Also like I have said in prior postings there is no obligation that they accept the plan and honor the discount as I was told back in 2003 by the mayor of Arlington who was also an OBGYN. Discount and limited benefit plans like this one are just flat wrong for any family to purchase. Just my opinion of course.

look, Texas Health Insurance ain’t cheap, never has been and after health care reform I think we are all seeing it’s going to contuine to climb up until such time as the president sees that it’s medical cost driving up premiums and does something to correct that situation. Don’t fall for the lolly pop at the end of the stick and wind up broke. Stick with the plans that will pay for your lolly pop, traditional Texas Health Insurance.

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