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Movember: Men's Health Alert Movember: Men's Health Alert

A few weeks ago, we highlighted October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and raised $800 towards research to fight this terrible illness....

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5:14 AM

PresBo lied, Healthcare Died PresBo lied, Healthcare Died

The right-wingers at CNN have released a video showing - conclusively - that the goal of the ACA ObamaTax was always to destroy the prev...

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5:14 AM

Web (in)Security Web (in)Security

Yesterday,  I received the following from CoveredCA:   New!  iPad Online Application:  Replace "HTTPS" with "HTTP" ...

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5:13 AM

GruberGate in 2 1/2 Minutes GruberGate in 2 1/2 Minutes

[Hat Tip: Ace of Spades ]

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5:13 AM

Killing Time Killing Time

Obamacare 2015 open enrollment is here.  Good news is, the site seems to be working, kind of ......... Bad news? Consumers there...

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5:12 AM

Helping Sarah Kliff Solve Her Medical Bill Issue Helping Sarah Kliff Solve Her Medical Bill Issue

Former WaPo Wonkblog health policy writer Sarah Kliff is a huge proponent of Obamacare and the expansion of health insurance. She's als...

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3:02 AM

My new article is up... My new article is up...

At Answers.com: " A Business Owners Policy offers a reasonably priced alternative to buying insurance coverage ala carte. By pre-packa...

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3:01 AM

Oh, sure - NOW they tell us! Oh, sure - NOW they tell us!

As we've long noted, the ObamaTax Exchange sites are a veritable treasure trove of ID-theft opportunities . Turns out, though, we may...

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3:01 AM

Dabney Coleman gets... Dabney Coleman gets...

The last laugh:

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3:01 AM

TRAGIC Wins Shallow Victory in SHBP Battle TRAGIC Wins Shallow Victory in SHBP Battle

T.R.A.G.I.C, the teacher group we blogged about in January  formed to protest #Obamacare changes to the Georgia SHBP (State Health Benefit ...

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3:00 AM

Cavalcade of Risk #223: Call for submissions Cavalcade of Risk #223: Call for submissions

Bob Wilson hosts next week's edition. Entries are due by Monday (the 8th). To submit your risk-related post, just click here to ema...

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11:02 AM

Moving Goalposts (Again) Moving Goalposts (Again)

So it appears that erstwhile Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has conveniently forgotten the President's explicit promise to lower hea...

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11:52 AM

(No) Need to Know (No) Need to Know

Alt title: " We could tell you, but then we'd have to kill you ." The story: " [O]fficials at the Treasury Inspector Gene...

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9:33 AM

Patrick Hits the Big Time (Once Again) Patrick Hits the Big Time (Once Again)

Co-blogger Pat is once again featured at The Federalist, with his latest take on why rate increases are mist definitely built-in to O'...

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7:04 AM

Breaking News Breaking News

This just in from the geniuses at the GAO. FLASH! As a result of Obamacare, Blue Cross expanded their market share in the majority of states...

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3:04 PM

More GruberGate Cannon-fire More GruberGate Cannon-fire

As we've noted for a while , Herr Dr J Gruber has managed to talk himself into quite a corner. While making big coin (for apparently sm...

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1:44 PM

Obamacare's Bill of Goods: Subprime Insurance at Higher Costs Obamacare's Bill of Goods: Subprime Insurance at Higher Costs

The ACA promised us $2500 per family savings and better benefits. The reality is we are going to pay thousands of dollars more for our care...

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4:30 AM

Helpful Thanksgiving ICD-10 Codes Helpful Thanksgiving ICD-10 Codes

As co-blogger Kelley last mentioned a couple of months ago , the "new and improved" ICD-10 codes are on the way (maybe). And just ...

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5:30 AM

"I forgot" "I forgot"

It's hard to beat this Steve Martin excuse: " You.. can be a millionaire.. and never pay taxes! You can be a millionaire.. and neve...

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10:30 AM

 Cavalcade of Risk #222: Gratefully risky Cavalcade of Risk #222: Gratefully risky

Van Mayhall hosts the pre-Thanksgiving round-up of risk-related posts. As usual,Van does a terrific job of tying together seemingly unrel...

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5:50 AM

Sprechen sie Deutsch? Sprechen sie Deutsch?

More proposed Obamacare rules to improved the customer experience. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 21 issued a massive...

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3:12 PM

Hunh: CCC's no more Hunh: CCC's no more

Had a "d'oh!" moment when I received this in email: " [G]eneration of HIPAA Certificates of Creditable Coverage (CoCC) up...

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11:31 AM

Missing the Mark, MVNHS©-style Missing the Mark, MVNHS©-style

Last month, we questioned whether the Much Vaunted National Health System© was worth saving (assuming it could be, of course). Thanks to c...

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7:04 AM

Blast from the Past Blast from the Past

I first became a fan of Medical Savings Accounts (since evolved to Health Savings Accounts) way back in 1992, when they were first introduce...

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9:30 AM

Chicken Soup for the Health Care Policy Chicken Soup for the Health Care Policy

We've long documented the utter failure of nationalized "health care" schemes to rein in costs any more efficiently than our p...

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7:11 AM

MVP Struggling - Part 2 MVP Struggling - Part 2

A few days ago, we broached the subject of Minimum Value Plans, and their potential role in mitigating group health insurance costs. In that...

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6:00 AM

Cavalcade of Risk #222: Call for submissions Cavalcade of Risk #222: Call for submissions

Van Mayhall hosts next week's edition. Entries are due by Monday (the 24th). To submit your risk-related post, just click here to em...

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5:44 AM

Close enough for gummint work Close enough for gummint work

So it seems that, as we'd already surmised , the reports of how many people actually bought ObamaPlans were, well, less than truthy: &qu...

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1:24 PM

Unintentional Medical Tourism Unintentional Medical Tourism

Before we begin, it's important to note that there's a LOT of information missing here. Of course, that hasn't stopped folks fro...

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6:45 AM

Health Wonk Review: Gobble, gobble edition Health Wonk Review: Gobble, gobble edition

David Harlow presents a veritable brain-feast , replete with interesting, thought-provoking posts and mouth-watering illustrations. Enjoy!

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6:00 AM

MVP Struggling - Part 1 MVP Struggling - Part 1

Minimum Value (aka MVP) Plans have been touted for groups over 100 (this year, and 50 next year) wishing to meet the letter of the ObamaTax ...

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10:30 AM

Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner! Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner!

So a colleague recently clued me in to a way that the free market is responding to the new reality of an Obamacare-dominated health insuranc...

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6:00 AM

The Gruber Hits The Fan The Gruber Hits The Fan

You knew this was coming, right? " In Jon Gruber's Newest (Sixth) Video, He Explains How Obama and Democrats Conspired to Get Rid ...

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1:18 PM

HIX Predix HIX Predix

I have a few predictions about tomorrow morning: ■ The sun will rise in the east ■ Water will be wet ■ The 404Care.gov site will be broken W...

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10:00 AM

Up-Lyfting Update Up-Lyfting Update

Last week, we noted car-sharing service Lyft's first passenger fatality , and pondered the insurance implications thereof. Since this si...

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5:30 AM

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Peanut Butter and Chocolate

You got feckless, clueless punditry in my O'Care deceit lectures. No! You got O'Care deceit lectures in my feckless, clueless pun...

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1:44 PM

Now Playing: HIX (Health Insurance Exchange) Now Playing: HIX (Health Insurance Exchange)

Interesting video primer on how the Exchanges (are supposed to) work:

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1:15 PM

 Three Strikes, Herr Gruber.... Three Strikes, Herr Gruber....

If you've been following the saga of Jonathan " Fredo " Gruber, you know he's on record for speaking his mind calling th...

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12:49 PM

 Cavalcade of Risk #221: Post-election round-up edition Cavalcade of Risk #221: Post-election round-up edition

Claire Wilkinson hosts this week's collection of post-election risk-related bloggetry. From upcharges for where you shop to high wir...

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9:56 AM

Obamacare's House of Cards Obamacare's House of Cards

Did you know almost 25% of individual health insurance premiums paid for exchange plans go directly to taxes and fees? Did you know that you...

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6:49 AM

O'Care Potpourri O'Care Potpourri

■ In keeping with the politically correct stance of providing vital services convenience items for women, but not for men , Medical Mutual ...

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12:00 PM

Bastiat & Graboyes: The Legend Continues Bastiat & Graboyes: The Legend Continues

Frédéric Bastiat , a noted 19th-century polemicist, is most widely-known for the Parable of the Broken Window (widely regarded as the underl...

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7:00 AM

Not Ready for (Sub-)Prime Time Not Ready for (Sub-)Prime Time

So I spent a great deal of yesterday afternoon on the phone with the friendly - if hapless - folks at 404Care.gov. Turns out, one of my &quo...

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5:30 AM

Great Expectations Great Expectations

It appears that Exchange enrollment for Obamacare isn't going to be what it was cracked up to be. Back in 2011 CMS released released the...

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1:14 PM

Obamacare Moments of Honesty Obamacare Moments of Honesty

Rep. Pelosi infamously said "We had to pass the bill in order to know what was in it". Now the truth serum is administered to Jona...

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7:38 AM
 
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