HHS wants you to meet Howard

I subscribe to hhs.gov and their Exchange online marketplace blog. Lately they have been sharing stories about people who will be impacted in a positive way under Obamacare. The most recent person we have been introduced to is Howard. He is a self employed software designer. Here is part of Howard's story pulled directly from the article.          Uninsurable...

Obamacare Navigators, That Sound You Hear . . . .

Obamacare navigators are supposed to be like guides for the blind. They will help you go through the maze of new health insurance options. Take your personal financial data (income, tax filing status, income tax history) and calculate your premium subsidy.Premium subsidies are a wealth redistribution trick that is supposed...

Another Day, Another Obamacare Payoff

Obamacare. The master plan to deliver (almost) universal access to health care for everyone.Promises of lower premiums.Promises that you can keep your plan and your doctor.Promises of no new taxes.What's not to love about that?Then one day, someone started reading the law and it was discovered the promises could not be kept....

Unusual and Interesting Insurance News

Unusual and Interesting Insurance News - Over the years, we've chronicled such things as virginity and alien abduction insurance (different posts), the risk posed by superheroes simultaneously destroying much of a city while trying to save it, and hole-in-one coverage for sporting events.And now for more:■ Terrorism Risk insurance - Back in 2009, we interviewed Chris Klein, Global Head of Business...

Alphabet Soup Update: Why Local Matters

As we've noted time and again, having a local expert to administer Flex Spending Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements is ideal. Our local gurus, FlexBank, just proved that again. Via email, they've tipped us to a little-known - but potentially major - option for groups utilizing Section 125 plans (so-called "POP Plans").Premium-only plans are the vehicles by which companies make it possible...

Obamacare Security Breach

Much has been made, at least in some circles, of the vulnerability of your personal information that will be filtered through the #Obamacare #datahub.For the most part, the lame stream media has ignored this topic and when they have mentioned it they simply parrot what DC says indicating there is nothing to fear.Security watchdogs...

This Sceptered Isle, Part DCIV

From the Telegraph of London on 9/11:  "Death rates in NHS hospitals are among the highest in the western world, shock figures revealed yesterday. British patients were found to be almost 50 per cent more likely to die from poor care than those in America."Hat tip to Tim Worstall's enjoyable blog, which generally focuses on economics. The Telegraph article also cites this comment from a U.K....