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Although we blogged on the subject some time ago, our favorite Tax Blogger, Joe Kristan, has a timely reminder on why it's so important...

Pat and Geno probably won't be fighting over this one: " After months of study ... [Pennsylvania is] moving forward with a key - an...

David Williams hosts this week's excellent round-up of risk-related posts, with an emphasis on insurance as risk management tool. D...

In his role as Congressional "Rabbi" for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae , Barney Frank has been credited/blamed for many of our curren...

According to a new study by universities in the Netherlands, the " dietary intake of saturated fatty acids (SAFA) is associated with a ...

Last week, we updated our readers on the efforts of Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to resolve a decades-old dispute over life in...

The Law of Unintended Consequences is cruel, and unforgiving: “ every undertaking, however well-intentioned, is generally accompanied by unf...

In the world of investing, the term pump-and-dump refers to a " scheme that attempts to boost the price of a stock through recommendat...

"If you're a parent who accepts Medicaid payments from the State of Michigan to help support your mentally-disabled adult children,...

David Williams hosts next week's CavRisk, and wants your risk-related post. Entries are due by Monday (the 28th). NB: We're now u...

I love it when the government supports my theory. The theory in this case is that we will go metric before we go ICD -10. Towards that...

If you've never had the pleasure of tasting deep-fried turkey, you're missing a real treat. But unlike conventionally-cooked birds, ...

In 2009 I wrote a paper titled “The Wal-Mart”ing of Health Care in America”. The premise of the paper was that consumer driven healthcare wa...

Down Syndrome, that is. So what is Down Syndrome? It's a " set of mental and physical symptoms that result from having an extra cop...

Of all the stupid things I've read recently about SCOTUS and ObamneyCare©, this takes the cake: " The insurance industry is terrifi...

FoIB and All-Around Good Guy Joe Kristan has been named one of the Top 20 Tax Bloggers of 2011 . Which is great in and of itself, but there...

Last night I happened to catch the premiere of a new game show with a pretty cool premise: all the winnings would go to the contestant's...

Basic rule: your group is under 20 lives, Medicare is "primary." But what does that mean? In simple terms, it means that if you...

FoIB Amy T hosts a Thanksgiving-themed collection of medblog posts, and we're grateful to have been included.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is urging Pennsylvania-based Everence Insurance to abandon its plan to raise rates ...