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I’m not someone who supports outsourcing most things to other countries. It’s not that I’m against other countries sharing the wealth, so to speak. My reasons are twofold. One, I see many jobs performed in America going to other places, and I see how it’s hurt our economy. American companies create products elsewhere, then bring [...]
A recent story on CNN Money mentioned that states could face a $12 billion shortfall if Congress doesn’t pass a bill to help them out. Four states in particular will see shortfalls in money of more than $1 billion each. While this is a scary figure, especially with the way the economy is working, it [...]
You’d think that at this point all conversations about the health care bill would be over. Seems that the discussions are just beginning, and there are two big issues that suddenly are garnering a lot of attention. The first is the new requirement that kicks in come 2012. It requires any business or person that [...]
I predict you’re going to be seeing more of this type of thing over the next year, and it’s probably about time. There’s a battle going on in the lower New York state area between Empire Blue Cross and a hospital group calling itself the Stellaris Health Network, which is a joint venture of four [...]
Health care took a major beating last year in this country. Sure, I understand that the first thing the President should have concentrated on is the economy, most specifically jobs. I also understand what his position was on health care. I don’t know that either he or the Democrats in Congress explained well enough what [...]
Did you think we were done talking about health care? A report came out this week saying that, on average, Medicare Advantage plans across the country had gone up an average of 14.2% over the past year. Although my first response is “yawn”, because I’m used to seeing those kinds of jumps o a regular [...]
Every once in a while you read something in your first reaction is “what the heck”. This is one of those stories. It was reported this week that cigarette makers are trying to find a way to keep the federal government from going to the United States Supreme Court to ask them to uphold racketeering [...]
