The amount you pay for covered health care services before your insurance plan starts to pay. With a $2,000 deductible, for example, you pay the first $2,000 of covered services yourself. After you pay your deductible, you usually pay only a copayment or coinsurance for covered services. Your insurance company pays the rest. Many plans pay for certain services, like a checkup or disease management programs, before you've met your deductible. Check your plan details.
What are MCTs? Before we can begin our comparison of MCT oil and coconut oil, the first thing we have to do is define âMCT.â MCTs stands for medium chain triglycerides. Another term for âtriglyceridesâ is fatty acids. So another way of referring to MCTs is MCFA (medium chain fatty acids). âMediumâ references the chain length of the fatty acids.
Heart Disease. Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited disorder of the heart's electrical system. LQTS can lead to a sudden, unexpected, life-threatening type of ventricular tachycardia commonly called torsades de pointes. People who have LQTS are at risk for syncope (loss of consciousness) and sudden death, often at a young age.