Posted a few years back on an earlier website. Dr. Ralph Stanley (1927-2016) was, for several years, an annual visitor at Bill’s Pickin’ Parlor just…
Oh Death!
Posted in Health Care, Health Insurance, and Medical Care
Category: Health Insurance
“Cost” of Health Care: Biggest & Ugliest Elephant in the Room
Posted in Health Care, and Health Insurance
I remember in my young adult years a common subject of discussion was the “cost of building” a new home in a particular location. I…
Public Option – Creeping Coverage – POCC
Posted in Health Care, and Health Insurance
(With apologies to blog post subscribers because I mistakenly “Published” a work in progress that had some old data.) It is very difficult to get…
Obamacare Replacement Act
Posted in Health Care, Health Insurance, and Medical Care
The “Repeal and Replace” mantra has become a joke since we have not seen any reasonable, easily understood, proposal for the replacement, let alone any…
Originally published 11/24/2009 – Figures updated to 2015 Now I get it. I couldn’t figure out why so many seem to favor government health insurance…
At Least One Fatal Flaw (In the ACA)
Posted in Health Insurance, and Politics
The post below was originally published November 16, 2013. Given the number of insurance companies currently ceasing to participate in the ACA, it is interesting…
Yesterday morning, I went to the CVS Minute Clinic to get a flu shot (not H1N1, just regular flu). It’s pretty convenient so you might…