Or maybe not. I’ve been pretty tough on folks who tout that their “contraption du jour” is the only real answer to any perceived problems in...
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Happy Blogiversary!
Believe it or Not , InsureBlog turns 1 year old today. Looking back over our first year, I am proud – and, frankly, amazed – at how far we’...
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Tuesday LinkFest...
This week, Barbados Butterfly (is that a COOL blog name, or what?) hosts Grand Rounds . The Butterfly hails from Down Under, and brings a r...
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Keeping up the PACE...
Our interview with the folks at ACMG about their new PACE program has generated a lot of interest, and not a little confusion, as well. Whe...
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Skiing, or Health Insurance? Tough Choice!
Chris Raymond is a bartender in Boston. He makes between $600-800 a week. But like 45 million other Americans, he has no health insurance. ...
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A Dog Eat Dog World
This is the Chinese year of the dog. Anyone who has ever owned a dog, or even watched a dog eat, is well aware the meal is consumed in what ...
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Color Me Unimpressed...
On the one hand, I remain a staunch proponent of and advocate for Health Savings Accounts. On the other hand, I hold no truck with those who...
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The Snozzberries Taste Like Snozzberries
The avian flu situation has been getting a lot of play lately, and the potential (or hype, depending on whom one asks) for widespread mayhem...
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Speaking of Donut Holes
We’ve talked before about the new Medicare Part D plan. One of its “features” is called the “donut-hole.” Well, that’s what most folks call...
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Money Talk(s)...
Are you listening? The Carnival of Personal Finance is on tour at Be Capitalism (not really sure how that's a verb, but still). As an ...
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Keeping PACE with ERISA...
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( ERISA ) enabled employers to take more direct control of their health care costs. By c...
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S Corp or LLC, Now There's a Question
Apparently, S Corporations are more popular than LLC's. Who knew?! Well, Joe Kristan at Roth & Co knows, and he has some interestin...
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Wal-Mart Redux
Seems the Wal-Mart saga is just getting under way. The Maryland legislature overrode Gov. Erhlich's veto, so as it now stands, Wal-Mart ...
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IB’s Top 3 List
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) tells us the top three reasons that consumers file formal complaints against thei...
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Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers
Wal-Mart is in the news. Again. Why? Because they are a major employer in Maryland, one who employs about 15,000 people. The entire state ha...
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Now THAT’S Customer Service!
For many years now, our family’s one vice has been freshly ground and brewed coffee in the morning. We’ve almost always had a Melitta brand...
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Does Your Doc Make the Grade?
I have a feeling that, much as “Consumer Driven Health Care” was the buzzword (or is that buzzwords?) of the first half of this decade, “tra...
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This Week's Carnivals
The Carnival of the Capitalists is hosted this week by the folks at WordLab . They've kept to the sortable table format, which makes it...
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Incentives, Capitation, and Chronic Conditions...
Oh my! David Williams at the Health Business Blog has an intriguing post about treatment costs for chronic diseases (conditions) such as d...
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Section 105 for Dummies
There seems to be a pattern of misunderstanding in some areas about I.R.C. Section 105 and its application in the employer sponsored health ...
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It's Carnival Time!
This week's Carnival of Personal Finance is up at All Things Financial . Host JLP has put it in an easy to read layout. And Social Cust...
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Unintended Consequences...
WELCOME JYB READERS! Over at Healthy Policy , host Kate reports that some states are exploring legislation requiring “ private companies ...
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A Time for Renewal...
UPDATE: Well, that's interesting. It appears that this issue has gone into hibernation, as we have been unable to find anything substan...
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2005 Medical Weblog Awards
MedGadget is hosting the Second Annual Medical Weblog Awards . There are six categories, all filled with great examples of the medblogosphe...
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Oy, Canada (Part 3)
Say what you will about our imperfect health care system, here’s a glimpse of how our Neighbors to the North™ health care system deals with ...
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Ripples and Eddies...
In a case that will most likely affect every Buckeye who has health insurance, the Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to accept Robinson v Bates ...
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More on Buy-Sell Agreements...
As we saw in Death of A Salesman, Parts 1 (here) and 2 (here) , a properly drafted and appropriately funded buy-sell agreement (BSA) can of...
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Happy New (Financial) Year...
• This week's Grand Rounds can be found at Random Reality , a blog hosted by a London (England) based E.M.T. David Williams of Health ...
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