Obamacare 21 Page Application - The Video

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Look for the Union Label (ObamaTax Schadenfreude Part Deux)

Politically astute readers already know that The ObamaTax had major Union backing, both financially and manpower-wise. Now that it's in ...

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Health Wonk Review - Waste, Warnings and the Future

Maggie Mahar hosts this week's roundup of wonky posts. Lots of material, well laid-out. Do stop by.

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IRS to the Rescue

The white knights at the IRS have swooped in to save the day by defining "affordable" . . . sort of. Employees can receive governm...

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Truth AND Consequences

So, the ObamaTax Mandate is scheduled to take full effect in 11 short months. Or is it? " The Obama administration took new steps ... t...

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Free money?

It's that time of year again: various tax services touting "maximum refund," sundry retailers with "suggestions" on ...

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Your Obamacare Application

The simplified version. Only 21 pages . . . Click to review.

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Is there no virtue among us?

The difficult and heartbreaking public discussion continues over how to unravel the Newtown catastrophe and respond effectively.  Everyone h...

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Ch-ch-changes, HRA-style

The ObamaTax promises to touch just about anything and everything health insurance-related. A recent email informed us about the latest on T...

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MiniMed Maelstrom [UPDATED]

It had appeared that so-called MiniMed (aka "limited benefit") plans would be (for the most part) exempt from ObamaTax requirement...

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Pancreatic Cancer: Good News and Bad

It appears that a high-school student may have come up with an inexpensive, accurate and early method for detecting pancreatic cancer: ...

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Shareholder Equity

Shareholder equity is a term very familiar to business owners and citizens that own stock. Quite simply, shareholder equity represents the ...

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Cannon Fire!

FoIB (and Cato Institute director of health policy studies) Michael Cannon fires another volley across the bow of ObamaTax advocates:

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Unfortunate Agent Tricks - An Update

Oy, where to begin? One supposes that the beginning would be a good place: " [Insurance agent] Mark String Sr pleaded not guilty to 59 ...

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Oh, Pew!

Bob noted this morning that folks who choose to engage in risky behavior (smoking, over-eating, etc) end up paying more for health insuranc...

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Obamacare Age Rating

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Another One (or Two) Bites the Dust

About those Obamacare health insurance exchanges  . . . As we get closer to the starting date it seems more carriers are getting cold feet, ...

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Why you need Disability Insurance

Because, well:

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Playing Chicken

You may remember the game of "chicken" from your youth. Usually a lot of testosterone in the air as two males seek to prove which ...

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Network Numbness

From email I received this morning: " Kettering Anesthesia Associates, which serves [various providers in the Dayton, OH area], has cho...

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Health insurance? Aisle 12

[ Oy - scooped AGAIN ! Still, mine is a bit different take on the subject. HGS ] This may start in the Golden State, but don't doubt fo...

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Walmartian Insurance

Leave it to California to be a trendsetter in Obamacare. In an effort to expand access to Obamacare, the state board is encouraging retail e...

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Hurry Up and Die

Old people are a financial drag on government provided, taxpayer funded health care. This is especially true for those who have a terminal c...

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John Kerry on How to Kill Medicare

Medicare has always been a failure measured by what it was suppose d to accomplish: protect Grandma from losing the shirt off her back, and...

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Well Duh! then how much higher?

Bob discussed a WSJ blog explaining why rates are going to go up. Forbes has a hint just how bad it might be and early discussion of pushing...

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Well Duh!

Central to ObamaCare are requirements that health insurers (1) accept everyone who applies (guaranteed issue), (2) cannot charge more based ...

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Cavalcade of Risk #175: A Lighter Side of Risk

Julie Ferguson hosts a light-hearted edition of our bi-weekly collection of risky posts. There's little risk that you won't be a...

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Schooling the ObamaTax

As we reported in November, higher education employment opportunities are on the chopping block thanks to the ObamaTax . In just a few short...

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UHC Says Maybe Not

The Obamacare exchanges are (allegedly) less than a year away and one of the largest health insurance carrier in the country may not be read...

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More ObamaTaxes

And in case you were wondering about your W-2: no, it's not just your withholding that'll be affecting your take-home, it's the ...

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Shecantbeserious hits bottom, keeps digging

[ UPDATE : Looks like Nate has scooped me !] Words fail: " When patients pay for medical care out of pocket, they should be able to kee...

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