I subscribe to hhs.gov and their Exchange online marketplace blog. Lately they have been sharing stories about people who will be impacted ...
Cavalcade of Risk #191: Call for submissions
Julie Ferguson hosts next week's Cav. Entries are due by Monday (the 2nd). To submit your risk-related post, just click here to emai...
Open wide and say...Yikes!
One of the "core" elements of the train wreck's Essential Health Benefits mandate is the requirement to provide pediatric den...
Oscar-care
Need health insurance? Think transparency. Think lower health care costs. Think lower health insurance premiums. Think Oscar-care. Oscar-ca...
We've got Answers!
Recently, I was invited to apply for the position of Content Expert Writer (CEW):Insurance for Answers.com . The process was interesting: an...
Obamacare for Dummies: Navigator Edition
Navigator grants have been awarded! HHS announced that funding would be $67 million spread across 33 states. As Mike noted in his post earl...
Such a deal!
1:45 PMI'm from the Government and I'll take you to the New World. Trust Me. Uh, do you happen to have a map?
In Connecticut, "Navigators" have been designated in each county - after a nominally competitive bidding process - to manage &quo...
Underwriting Cancer
Recently, I had an interesting experience with a client which I'd like to share as an example of how important agent communication can b...
Early Renewal Fever - catch it!
Previously, we reported that several carriers have begin offering early renewal options to small group clients in an effort to stave off (i...
Crash Landing
6:14 AMDo You Think This Might Impact the Cost of Vacation?
Where will you go on vacation next year? Some place close by or maybe take an airplane to some exotic isle? Or maybe just a fun place to pla...
Se Habla Obamacare?
If you ever wondered why the government is spending so much money and effort to SELL us on a plan that is law, this will make you scratch yo...
Mid Friday Good news, Bad news
First, from our friend Holly R , the good news: " 5 Body Parts Scientists Can 3-D Print " As we've mentioned before , this tec...
First Big Brown, now the Cavaliers
Bob noted yesterday that UPS was on the bleeding edge of employers dumping spousal coverage. Today we learn that - surprise! - the domino...
He's only MOSTLY dead.... [UPDATED]
Here's something you don't see every day: " After showing no signs of life for 45 minutes and being declared dead, a 37-year-ol...
The ObamaTax doesn't affect you
Well, unless you call theft " affecting me ." As Bob pointed out yesterday, large companies aren't stupid - they simply find ...
Back to school time...
And for many folks, that means moving day for Junior. Laptops, TV's, clothes, and all the rest are potentially at risk for theft or dama...
Obamacare Navigators - Now Hiring
Need extra money? Do you enjoy conversation with strangers? Do you consider yourself a "people" person? If so, this may be for you...
Exchanges Plus/Minus
On the "plus" side, we learn today that: " More Americans than predicted may decide to flock to the new public exchanges for ...
Big Brown Says Goodbye to Spouses
Atlanta based UPS is pulling the plug on health insurance benefits for an estimated 15,000 working spouses. In a cost saving move caused at ...
Cavalcade of Risk #190: Late summer edition
Jacob Irwin hosts this waning days of summer round-up of interesting risk-related posts , including lightning strikes and cyber strikes. ...
LTCi - Ch-ch-changes (NOT good news)
As we noted last Fall , Long Term Care insurance rates for the fairer sex have been artificially flat for quite a while, and were due for so...
Life Imitating A News Article, Imitating Life
While having lunch the other day, I was talking with two physicians, one retired from active practice and the other having practiced for clo...
New York Time comment section shows just how uninformed the public is
If you can somehow get past Krugman and how ignorant of basic facts he is, the comment sections are somehow even worse. What you have to won...
Ja, ve haff der insurance
As we move inexorably closer to a nationalized, single-payer health care system , it may be worth noting that another such system is fading,...
Forever 21 no more
Forever 21, a store that caters to young people on a budget, is one of my daughter's favorite places to shop. And who can blame her? Gre...
If you like your current plan...So sad, Too bad
Much like Health Savings Account plans will be phased out under the ObamaTax, Garden State B&E (no, not that - "Basic and Essentia...
Still Finding Out "what's in it" - Even More Controversy in the Abortion Controversy
Yahoo reports - and consider the source here: " Under the health care law, insurance plans in the new markets may cover abortion unless...
Still Finding Out "What's In It" - Obamacare Navigators take precedence over Disease Prevention
This helps us understand the administration's true priorities with Obamacare. "In a sign that HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius is wo...
Still finding out "what's in it" after 3 years - and counting.
Investors Business Daily posted this story online August 13 that suggests “ If a charitable hospital treats a homeless person who staggers i...
Cavalcade of Risk #190: Call for submissions
Jacob Irwin hosts next week's Cav. Entries are due by Monday (the 19th). To submit your risk-related post, just click here to email...
Pick a Plan - Any Plan at All
According to the president and his minions, this fall you will be able to pick a health insurance plan from any number of offerings on the #...
Truth hurts
It isn't often that we praise insurance companies for intellectual honesty, but every once in a while one comes through. Case in point: ...
Health Wonk Review: Dog Daze (of August) edition
David WIlliams hosts this late summer round-up of interesting, provocative and always informative posts of health care wonketry. It's s...
So, about those convenience items
Via email, UHC has informed us that Ms Shecantbeserious has (finally) settled on rules for the birth control convenience item mandate, wh...
HumpDay LinkFest
■ Will they or won't they? Back in May, Patrick quoted Ron Pollack, Founding Board Chairman of Enroll America (EA), who told him that &q...
This is Another Fine Mess . . .
The comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy reigned supreme for years during the early years of "talkies". Something that star...