Health Care Decoded with CDPHP

Join in on our conversation about healthy eating – and how to make it a reality for you and your family, even with the busiest of schedules. We’ll talk with Therese Gadomski, a CDPHP health promotion specialist and registered dietitian, who will share her tried-and true tips for planning healthy meals, dealing with picky eaters, and how to do it all while staying on a budget.

It’s no secret that for many people, health insurance premiums are on the rise. While it’s natural to want to blame your health plan, CDPHP® president and CEO, Dr. John Bennett, says don’t shoot the messenger. Listen to him explain the factors that drive the increasing cost of health insurance.

In this episode, Ed Neiles, from the Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club, offers his expert advice for starting a running routine – one that’s designed for success and safety. He starts at the very beginning to explain what you should do before you run a single step. He goes on to discuss frequency recommendations, how to gradually build up to your distance goals, and the warning signs your body will send you if you need to slow down.

In this episode, we’re talking with Peter Bowden, who is the spokesperson for Hewitt’s Garden Center and a frequent blogger on the Times Union gardening blog (http://blog.timesunion.com/gardening/). He brings us his expert insight, offering tips for starting and maintaining a healthy, productive garden, including sunlight recommendations, the value of using a vegetable planting schedule (http://www.hewitts.com/garden-tips/gardening/vegetable-planting-schedule/), how to decide between seeds and started plants, the importance of good soil and composting, and more.

In this episode, Dr. John Bennett, president and CEO of CDPHP®, explores the problem of increasing drug costs. With unique insight as both a physician and the leader of a health insurance plan, he explains how significant these costs really are, the role they play in overall health care expenses, and why raising awareness of the situation is key.