I know, I’m the Negative Nancy. Believe me, many friends have told me so over the past few months when addressing the ONLY way to fix a problem a government entity created is to throw more money at it. I mean, if you’ve ever seen them approach taxpayers with a different solution, please point me […]
I’m beginning to believe it isn’t worth saying much when it comes to our local government and schools. Particularly when it comes to disagreeing with some folks who’ve resorted to the guilt and shaming of people who aren’t in favor of approving the upcoming ballot measures, or worse, for folks who simply have questions. Put […]
Yeah, I’ll weigh in. But I’m glad there’ve been a few days of the ridiculous back and forth on Facebook and within the punditry for me to see just how certifiably insane this alleged “debate” has gotten. While I’m under no illusion this column will change anyone’s mind, I am also hesitant to write it […]
Especially when taxpayers are hit left and right seemingly every day of every year to make up for “underfunded” government entities that if logic is taken to the next conclusion, will never have enough money. And these tax issues are just something in the spotlight due to the fact they’re on the ballot and need […]
Greetings and salutations from my new, palatial offices in the Business Times Tower. I’m writing you as I fend off the hordes of new clients breaking my door down to do business with me, all because I’m lucky enough to be located on those miracle miles of monetary momentum: University Boulevard. Oh, wait. I’m dreaming. […]
I know I’ve been writing about the history of health care and health insurance (with one, personal experience column) over the past several editions of the paper. First and foremost, I say health care and health insurance because they’re entirely different things, albeit related. Health care is what you go to the doctor for in […]
My last column on my experience with the health care system in our valley garnered more than the normal number of responses, and a couple of them caught my attention. They also show the disparate ways people want the issue addressed. For this column, I’ll offer a general replay to the first. And if Congress […]
As my friends know — and some of my online friends and associates know all too well — this has been a particularly tough year for me as all things medical are related. Because of that fact and to go along with my ongoing commentary about health care and insurance, I thought I’d draw on […]
In my last column, I explained how the market reacted to get more people into the health care market. This included ways through groups and associations to create health maintenance organizations that gave more people access to hospitals and doctors — the Blue Cross/Blue Shield type of organizations. I also recounted how big insurance began […]
In my last column, we ended with government slipping its nose into the insurance tent under the guise of “committees” and “commissions” on how to best manage the solutions hospitals, doctors and other providers came up with to attract customers and receive payments for services that came as a result of the Great Depression. (Please […]