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This is an editorial post from Mitch Patridge, Chairman and CEO of CSI Financial Services For American drivers, the recent spike in the price of crude oil has evoked painful memories of the summer of 2008, when the average price for regular gasoline reached an all-time high of $4.11 per gallon. What does this have [...]
After all these years, I think anyone who’s visited this blog more than once knows I’m black. It’s not for this reason that I often write about how many of these industries that are crashing are impacting both blacks and other minorities in general. It’s because it’s news. I don’t go searching for this stuff; [...]
The last two years have been somewhat interesting as far as looking at what the people we elect have or haven’t done for we, the people. As we get closer to what’s known as midterm elections, I thought it would be interesting to look back to see what’s gone on. I’m going to be as [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]