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Friday, August 29, 2014

Insuring Ferguson: Update/Correction

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Earlier this week, we posted on a couple interesting P&C-related items, one of which was the "civil unrest" in Ferguson, M...

Cavalcade of Risk #216: Call for submissions

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Tim Dodge makes his CavRisk hosting debut with next week's edition. Entries are due by Monday (the 1st). To submit your risk-relate...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

MVNHS© Rocket (but not Cancer) Surgeons

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First, the good news: 66 year old Roger Mollison is cancer free. That's good news because the folks who run the Much Vaunted National...
Wednesday, August 27, 2014

This Obamacare Winner Will Save $78,420!

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Thanks to President Obama's promise of keeping their current plan my client is seeing his premiums increase by 13% for the upcoming pla...

Medical ID Theft Revisited

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Back in February, we again sounded the alarm about Medical Identity Theft: " Most identity theft in the United States is medical-rel...
Monday, August 25, 2014

(Sex) Ch-ch-changes

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Well, it took some time , but the future is finally here: " Then Payne, who had a wife and four children, realized she could no long...

Two Timely P&C Notes

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■ Now that things seem to have down a bit in Ferguson, it's worth noting that the clean-up from all the looting and rioting will take...
Friday, August 22, 2014

Has Medical Tourism Jumped the Shark?

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Over the years, we've written many times about medical tourism: from folks traveling to the US for treatments to folks who found bett...

Tax Form 1040(OY)

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Let's suppose that, against all odds , you've successfully navigated the 404Care.gov site and enrolled in an ObamaPlan. And let...

Carefree, or Free to Care?

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Dr Rob Lamberts ( whom we interviewed a few short years ago, when he dove into the concierge medicine pool) has a touching, sad but ultima...
Thursday, August 21, 2014

What's Old is New: The AMA, Medicare and Value

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Almost four years ago, we wrote about a little known committee, nestled deep in the bowels of the American Medical Association (AMA), tha...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Wednesday Potpourri

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■ Craig Gottwals has the scoop on the latest Golden State efforts to come into line with the new group waiting period requirements: ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Facebook for Physicians

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Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wellpoint and Blue Shield of California are partnering to create a Health Infor...

Transparency redefined

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We've long been fans of transparency in health care , both its delivery and its financing. That is, the ability of the consumer to pr...

Cavalcade of Risk #215 – Dog Days of Summer Edition is up

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Paul Dzielinski makes his CavRisk debut (a day early, how's that for promptness!) with an excellent round-up of interesting posts, a...
Monday, August 18, 2014

Stupid Congressman Tricks

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Democratic member of the House Ron Barber is donating his Obamacare subsidy to charity ! What a great act of kindness. Under PPACA, all me...

Be careful what you wish for...

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The other day, Mike posted about the efficiency of Britain's Much Vaunted National Health System©, and made this observation: " ...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Yum!

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On August 14, the Wall Street Journal carried this op-ed piece by Dr. Scott Atlas of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (subscri...

Kliff Diving with Sarah

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Recently, longtime foil Sarah Kliff (she who couldn't understand her own Explanation of Benefits ) set out to enlighten folks in fly...

Authentic 404Care.gov gibberish

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You really can't make this up: " [T]hose looking for information about appealing a Marketplace decision are facing a brand new one...
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