What the Health Law Means to African-Americans
By Nicole Duritz, VP, AARP Health and Family Tasha Jones, a 50-year-old African-American woman from Missouri, wants to overcome the pattern of diabetes and heart disease in her family. “I had a wake-up...
View ArticleCaregivers May Find Relief through Health Care Law
By Nicole Duritz, Vice President, Health, AARP Education & Outreach When you’re caring for a family member or another loved one, it is too easy to put your own health on hold. Studies show that...
View ArticleGentlemen—Your Health Matters, Too! Get Insured, Get Screened, Get Healthy
By Nicole Duritz, Vice President, Health, AARP Education & Outreach This Father’s Day, I can’t help but think about the incredible men in my life. I have a father. He’s a terrific physician. I have...
View ArticleLearning the Vowels of Literacy Volunteerism
By Lester Strong, Vice President & CEO AARP Experience Corps As this generation of adults move toward their retirement years, they are reimagining their lives as never before. Some are turning...
View ArticleDelegate to Congress Agrees with AARP Position on Combining Medicare Parts A...
Delegate Christensen talks about Medicare and ACA at AARP Chapter 3138 meeting Wednesday, June 26th Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress, Donna M. Christensen, (D) VI, attended an Energy and Commerce...
View ArticleTips for Managing Your Prescription Drug Costs
By Nicole Duritz, vice president of the Financial Security team in the Education and Outreach group at AARP We all want to find ways to save money. And with today’s rising cost of critical and often...
View ArticleACA, Virgin Islands Style
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rolls out across the US, the Virgin Islands will also be making significant changes to its health care delivery system as a result of the legislation. Ending months of...
View ArticleDebut of Online Medical Records
©Istockphoto/VisualField Doctors, hospitals and pharmacists in the Virgin Islands are going electronic, using a secure online system that makes it easier to access and share patients’ medical records....
View ArticleMedicaid Expansion: A Partial Fix for the Uninsured
©Istockphoto.com/Spotmatik The U.S. Virgin Islands—which is not required under the Affordable Care Act to participate in a health insurance exchange—has decided instead to expand its Medicaid program....
View ArticleAARP Virgin Islands Residents Saved $1,597,091 on Prescription Drugs in 2013...
Photo courtesy: istock photo CHRISTIANSTED, VI —The numbers are in, and they are impressive – Virgin Islands residents on Medicare saved $1,597,091 on their prescription drugs in 2013, thanks to the...
View ArticleAARP VI Contributed to Launch of HIE
Photo courtesy: Istock photos After four years of territory-wide cooperation, the VI Department of Health has finished its organizational work and launched a Health Information Exchange (HIE) Network...
View ArticleHighlights from the March, Government Employees Service Commission (Health...
Seal of the US Virgin IslandsPhoto courtesy: Wikipedia With only three months of data for the Virgin Islands government employees on their books, United Health Care (UHC) officials had some surprising...
View ArticleNew Health Care Plan Being Proposed
Photo courtesy: istock photos In recent comments, the VI Legislature’s Health Committee Chair referenced an alternative single payer health insurance option for uninsured persons in the Virgin Islands....
View ArticleSingle-Payer Health Care System?
©Istockphoto/kroach Lacking a health insurance marketplace, the U.S. Virgin Islands is considering a legislative proposal to create a single-payer health care system. Nearly 30 percent of Virgin...
View ArticleLoneliness, Does More than Just Make You Sad
Photo courtesy: istock photos Each of us has experienced the feeling of being alone at some time or another. However, loneliness is the prolonged state of feeling all the negative sensations that go...
View ArticleSharing Health Data Can Help in Emergency
©Istockphoto/VisualField Whether you live in the Virgin Islands or just vacation there, sharing information with doctors in the territory just got easier. The Virgin Islands has launched its health...
View ArticleSt. Croix Hospital Re-Establishes Patient-Family Council
AARP VI State Director, Denyce E. Singleton, joined twenty (20) St. Croix community members and Dr. Kendall Griffith, Interim Chief Executive Officer for the Juan F. Luis Hospital, to serve as a...
View ArticleAARP Virgin Islands Partners with VI SHIP on Medicare Training Program
St. Croix Virgin Islands seniors on Medicare will soon have a volunteer body of trained Medicare/Medicaid counselors to help them navigate the ever-growing maze of Medicare, Medicaid and other...
View ArticleAARP VI Member Appointed to St. Croix Hospital Board
Photo courtesy: stthomassource.com Two St. Croix residents: Kimberly Jones and Troy deChabert-Schuster, who were recently nominated by Governor John P. DeJongh to serve on the Governor Juan F. Luis...
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