Sliding in just under the wire: ■ Given this: " According to the Obama administration, more than two million people have enrolled in he...
Year-end chat with DOI
In an InsureBlog exclusive, we present a year-end wrap-up of some of the ACA-related issues being dealt with by the Ohio Department of Insur...
Hasta la VISTA, baby!
Perfect: " The Obama administration has told Vista volunteers and other AmeriCorps workers that their government-provided health covera...
My new article is up...
at Answers.com: " When a business must temporarily close its doors due to damage to or destruction of business property, Business Inter...
Overseas ObamaTax Conundrum
So, had a client stop by yesterday with a very intriguing question: His daughter is a US citizen, but is a full time student in, and permane...
Interactive ObamaTax Premium Map
While Ms Shecantbeserious & Friends continue flailing around with the train-wreck of a website, and keep extending deadlines like there...
Thoughts about the President's enrollment in Obamacare
The Washington Post reported that on Monday, December 23 President Obama enrolled in a Bronze-level Obamacare plan. Obama...
Attention Obamacare Shoppers
Having difficulty signing up for #Obamacare? You aren't the only one. “Somebody who’s not waiting in line to enroll is the president of ...
Still Sneaky
So the stealth deadline extension was apparently put in place to facilitate the President's own enrollment: " According to a White...
Import from The Sceptered Isle?
Last Friday (Dec 20) David Prior, the chairman of the NHS Care Quality Commission, said NHS quality and patient service are “wholly unsati...
Sneaky (as usual) [UPDATED]
Even when they're doing something "good," the Obamastration just can't do things honestly . To wit: "... without any ...
Deadline Day
Obamacare Pitchman?
Obamacare is ailing. Young invincibles are not signing up. Old and sick are opting for coverage in droves. Michelle is promoting Obamacare i...
My new article is up...
At Answers.com: " Buy-sell agreements are tools businesses use to ensure that there is a smooth transition should one of the owners die...
Stupid Government Tricks [UPDATED & BUMPED]
[Please scroll down for update] From the Now-They're-Just-Making-(Stuff)-Up Department: So yesterday, with 4 days to go until "The ...
Trick Question below
Exchange Nightmare
Anyone remember Phil Conners? You know the weatherman in the movie Groundhog Day. He's a guy I can relate to. Loyal readers may remember...
CavRisk 2013/2014 Transition
For the first time in its 7 1/2 year history, the next Cav would fall on Christmas Day. So we'll be skipping that edition, and picking b...
Sugar Daddy - Part II
Last month, Bob posted on the "news" that some hospitals, looking to bolster potential losses, have begun considering " suppo...
Yes, Virginia, there IS a Health Wonk Review
Julie Ferguson hosts this year's final round-up of health care bloggetry, with a wonderful Christmas-themed HWR . Come for Jolly Ol...
Annnd...They fold
Like cheap furniture: " Members of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) have agreed voluntarily that insurers will extend the pa...
Wednesday Afternoon Linkfest
As I observed to a friend this morning, the silver lining (such as it is) to the ObamaTax is an embarrassment of riches, blog-fodder-wise. ...
Widespread Panic
Way back in the 60's the question was posed, "What if they gave a war and nobody came?". That was then. This is now. HHS wakes...
My new article is up...
At Answers.com: " Finding adequate disability income insurance if one is in a high risk field or has a serious but non-disabling health...
Real, or PhotoShop?
Cheese, Louise
Via The Corner at NRO , here are some results of two polls that aren’t likely to get much attention in the media – at least, not side by si...
#Obamacareinthreewords
The White House tweeted this little gem today and used the hashtag #obamacareinthreewords. The three words they used... Saving People Money....
Riddle me this...
So someone plays "Stump the Navigator" (admittedly a very low bar), and then, using her Google-fu, tracks down an online copy of ...
Proceeding apace... [UPDATED]
So you may have seen this story floating around the 'net: " [A] House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ... has found that ...
Gaming the system: We *may* have a winner
Last month, FoIB Dr Stuart Fickler posed a challenge: " It appears to me that a system as complex as Obamacare is vulnerable to a vast ...
This Sceptered Isle, Part MMXIII
Warning - this is not easy reading. These are some findings contained in three reports released in Britain December 11th, together with oth...