Reasons To Become A Health Coach

Health Coaching getting your wellness coach certification... is one of the fastest growing income opportunities both online and offline today. And here's why:

 When you look around, what do you see. The majority of us are addicted to fast foods. On a recent trip to my sisters place, a 7 hour journey, we counted 178 Fast Food outlets along the highway.

 I heard a statistic recently that claimed that 3 out of 4 people in the USA are either pre-diabetic or close to it. Obesity is rampant. Even childhood obesity is rampant. Our food choices are often high fat and highly unhealthy. We are literally digging our graves with our teeth. Health care costs are skyrocketing. People NEED good information about their health, and with a certification in health coaching, you can provide that to them!

 Look around at your own family, friends or people you work with. People in their 40's, 50's, and 60's are beginning to pay a serious price with illness and a compromised lifestyle. And these are people you know and care about. Have you ever thought that YOU can actually help these folks?

 Well, by becoming a certified health coach... you can!

 Health Coaching is one way we can reverse this trend. People helping people at the grass roots level, one bad habit, one step at a time. People can be empowered to make better choices and have better health without having to get sick first. That is exactly what health coach training enables people to do for others.

 Health Coach Training--The Difference Maker

 Here are 5 key reasons why people choose health coaching as an income generator for themselves.

 1. Health Coaching makes a difference in peoples lives.

 Can you imagine what it would feel like to help someone you know or cared about, make a significant permanent change in their life. How gratifying would that be. You now have a job that changes people's lives and you get to do that on a day to day basis.

 2.Health Coaching -- Change Your Financial Picture

 People choose health coaching as a way to significantly improve upon their financial situation. The average rate for a session ranges from $120/hr to $190/hr. A 10 hr week would generate an extra 5 to $6,000 a month income, an amount that would make a huge difference in most people's lives. You can see how you could easily build this into a six figure income for yourself.

 3.Health Coaching -- A Transitional Career Choice

 Many people will fit those 10 hours into their existing careers or jobs. People already in the health profession often see health coaching as an easy fit with their current training and job. They can offer it as additional service to their existing clientele or build a part time caseload and earn extra income. Some use it as a transition from what they are doing now to a full time career that is more lucrative and rewarding. Many health care jobs are high stress, routine with mediocre pay and no job security.

 4. Health Coaching-- The Road to Security and Freedom

 Perhaps just as exciting for people than the potential six figure income is to be able to have control over their own lives. One of the things that causes people great stress and unhappiness is having to go to work even if you or your children are not well to a job that brings you very little self satisfaction and a pay level which dictates their lifestyle, week after week, month after month, year after year. Health coaching can change that for you. You get to choose. You can have control over how many hours you work, who you work with, when you go on vacation, for how long. You can schedule your appointments around important family events. You can put your health and the health of your family first. You get your life back.

 5. Get Started and Get Going - Get Your Wellness Coach Certification

 A major reason people choose health coaching is that it is easy to learn to do. Attend classes online, on your computer and every facet of starting a business will be taught to you. This is something most people can do if they have the interest and are motivated to take control of their own lives. If you enjoy working with people and have at least average communication skills, the rest you will learn over the course of several months. And you can earn as you learn. You will be supervised every step of the way as you begin your health coaching business.

Some Myths about Federal Health Care Reform or Obamacare

When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, aka ACA) became federal law in March of 2010, there were many assumptions about what the law would and would not do. As everyone knows, it has become known simply as "Obamacare," because President Obama was the one who wanted health care reform. Here are some misconceptions about health care reform.

 One of the first statements made was that the new law was tantamount to "a government takeover of healthcare." For this to be true, the government would need to inform every citizen that they were being enrolled in a federal healthcare program, sort of like Medicare, which is a federal health care program for any qualifying citizen or permanent resident over the age of 65. In fact, there is no federal alternative to private health insurance today. Since most if not all health insurance companies that were doing business in 2010 are still insuring millions of policyholders today, it is safe to say that there has not been a government takeover of healthcare. It is also true however, that many people would like to see that happen. They would love to see Medicare expanded to include everyone; but that is very unlikely for many years to come, if ever.

 "Medicare benefits will be reduced." Actually the opposite has happened. Medicare now covers annual physical exams and colonoscopies in addition to the quite comprehensive benefits they have long provided. It is true that premium costs to Medicare beneficiaries will go up in future years, but medical costs and premiums have been rising steadily for decades, and seniors do use more medical services than people under 65.

 There will be government "death panels" that will make end-of-life decisions for people on Medicare. This idea was borne out of a well-intended provision in the health care bill that would have helped pay for the end-of-life planning discussion cost that the elderly already have with their physicians and caregivers. So a good thing became a bad thing. Now there can be no provisions in Medicare for this benefit which, ironically, hurts seniors and can actually adds to the cost of health care.

 Illegal immigrants will now be covered. The ACA specifically prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving coverage.

 What is not known is the true long-term cost of this legislation. There are many people on both sides of the argument, time will tell what the real cost will be, and there are many components of this program still to be implemented. The truth about health care is that it is expensive no matter where you are. Canada, England, France, Switzerland, Italy, China.

 All of these countries have some form of government provided health care and while it is less expensive per-capita than in the United States, it is expensive nonetheless. The common element of all health care programs is that every citizen or legal permanent resident is covered. The cost of care per person is far lower when everyone is covered.
 What needs to be understood about health care is that every person at some point will seek it out when they need it. Whether or not they have health insurance is not a factor when there is a need for treatment. If a person cannot afford car insurance they have the option of not driving, and few people drive without car insurance. Not so with health insurance, and the situation is made worse by the fact that uninsured people often ignore minor medical issues because of the cost. Unfortunately those minor medical issues have a way of becoming serious, and that is when the uninsured seek care. And where do they go to get treatment then? The emergency room, which happens to be the most expensive entry point into the entire health care system in the U.S. They go there because federal law prohibits hospitals from turning away anyone during a medical emergency.

 This is a huge factor in the cost of health insurance, and a major reason why health insurance premiums have risen far in excess of the CPI over the past 30 years. Until that part of the health insurance equation is resolved the cost of insurance will continue to be out of reach for millions of Americans.

 In summary, the cost of delivering health care in the U.S. is not going to go away as an issue. The debate over the number of uninsured and whether or not they should be covered, public vs. private insurance, and who pays for all of this will go on until our politicians realize that there is no one best solution. All sides will have to agree that there will always be some elements of a common health care system that not everyone will like. There are many elements of the Affordable Care Act which work, and those elements need to be preserved. Many insurers who initially opposed the Act have since re-tooled their benefit and pricing models to reflect the major objectives of the program. The irony here is that abolishing the ACA would actually increase the cost of coverage as insurers once again had to redesign their policies and coverage. What is needed most of all is a system that works reasonably well and covers everyone or nearly everyone. In the long run, the cost of excluding millions of uninsured will cost more than covering them.