Read the fine print. That’s what most of us have been taught. The big print gives, the small print takes away.
The folks at Kaiser Health News found this for us.
Proponents of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill say the legislation will limit the amount that lower- and middle-income people must pay for health insurance [...]
Entries from October 29th, 2009
The Devil is in the Details
October 29th, 2009 Comments Off
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Wellpoint Blue Cross Weighs in on Obamacare
October 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Pricewaterhouse Coopers took a lot of flack over their cost study that proved health insurance premiums will RISE if the Baucus version of Obamacare is passed. Careful observers will note that the White House and politicians did not dispute the findings that PREMIUMS will rise, but rather said the cost will go down for individuals [...]
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Wal-Mart’s Lay Away Plan
October 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Need a casket or urn? Check out Wal-Mart. Seriously.
Yahoo News fills in the details.
“Several online retailers offer this category on their sites,” spokesman Ravi Jariwala wrote in an e-mail. “We are simply conducting a limited beta test to understand customer response.”
But Obadiah said it is not simply a test. He said more than 200 Star [...]
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Bartering for Obamacare Votes
October 27th, 2009 Comments Off
Psst. Wanna sell your vote? Support for Obamacare is for sale. Yeah, I know. Shocking!
Here are just a few examples.
That much talked about tax on “Cadillac” plans?
According to the Washington Examiner, if you carry a union card, you get a free pass.
Baucus is also weighing a tax based on the value of health care benefits [...]
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Obamacare and High Risk Individuals
October 26th, 2009 Comments Off
Do you wonder how Obamacare will handle uninsurable individuals? The Baucus plan will establish a high risk pool to
(A) provide to all eligible individuals health insurance coverage (or comparable coverage) that does not impose any preexisting condition exclusion with respect to such coverage for all eligible individuals;
This can be found on page 38 of the [...]
Mr. Rogers Neighborhood
October 24th, 2009 Comments Off
Mr. Rogers comments on Obamacare. Today’s lesson is brought to you by the letters Y and S. (You’re screwed).
Googling Bob Vineyard
October 23rd, 2009 Comments Off
The first time someone asked if I had ever Googled myself I politely told them it was none of their business.
Then they explained what Googling oneself really is.
Oh . . .
I haven’t Googled myself in a while so I decided to do so this morning.
Wow! What a rush.
1,580,000 hits in .20 seconds.
Not all of them [...]
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Obamacare to Eliminate Fraud and Abuse
October 23rd, 2009 Comments Off
To fund Obamacare, the government pledges to “save or create” at least $100 billion each year by eliminating fraud and abuse in the Medicare system. Some estimates put the savings as high as 35%.
And these are the same folks who want to control ALL health care funding for EVERYONE.
Fascinating.
The same folks who ran out of [...]
Health Insurance – Where Nobody Knows Your Game
October 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
Unlike Cheers, where everyone knows your name, figuring out the health care game is becoming more tricky. No one really knows how the game is played, and the ones that do aren’t getting their point across.
In the midst of Obamacare, Kennedycare (remember him?), Baucus bills, and so forth, everyone claims to have the answer. Truth [...]
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Georgia Term Life Rates to Rise
October 22nd, 2009 Comments Off
Rates for Georgia term life insurance will be increasing. Some plans, such as 30 year term, may no longer be available. This according to Swiss Re.
“While many direct writers have held the line on premiums this year, some leading companies have raised term insurance premiums by as much as 10% to 15%,” Karl and Laster [...]
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