Question: Who pays for your “free” stuff? ObamaCare mandates (commands) health insurance companies to include preventive care at no cost to insured persons. Is that free care without cost? Does the Doc perform your exam without billing the insurance company? Does the lab complete your blood tests, PAP smears, EKG’s, etc. gratis? Does the Doc’s [...]

Another Obamacare “gotcha” surfaced this week. There is a provision therein that socks the pharmaceutical industry with an additional new tax, the proceeds of which are to be used to study the comparitive effectiveness of various prescription drugs in treating several illnesses. It appears the aim of that study is to discover one drug, out [...]

Our House of Representatives (the House) and our Senate, with the President’s urging, today (12/23/11) passed a sixty (60) days extension of the 2.00% Social Security Withholding Tax reduction. Big Whoop! For many moons we have been told that Social Security is fast running out of cash, and will leave surviving children, disabled workers and [...]

Now is a good time to reflect on our plans for 2012. Did you bring a lot of worry into 2011? I’ll bet most of the things that caused you to worry turned out to be not so bad after all. Make a note to be upbeat about 2012. Most of us are thinking of [...]

On 11/8/11, in the case brought by twentysix states,the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., voted two to one to uphold ObamaCare’s health insurance ownership mandate. Of interest, a Reagan appointee voted with the majority. That judge has obviously been in Washington too long…must be afraid he won’t be invited to the next [...]

Bad news for you if you are a parent with little pre-school kids or a couple living on 120% of your joint income. Chances are strong that your spouse or significant other plans to throw you under the bus if said spouse suddenly assumes room temperature one day next week. You know, the death rate [...]

Another ObamaCare element appears dead on arrival, the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, the “Class Act”, has shown to be another unaffordable provision of the federal government’s intrusion into yours and my health care decisions. Although not having been rescinded by congressional action, CLASS appears now to have been kicked to the curb [...]

New for 2012…Medicare Annual Election Period starts October 15, 2011, running through December 7,2011….a change from prior years. During that window of opportunity, qualified Medicare Beneficiaries can enroll in Medicare Advantage Plans to be effective on January 1, 2012. Those already enrolled in a Medicare Advantage Plan can disenroll from or change to a different [...]

If you have been following the ObamaCare saga through its court hearings and federal appeals courts decisions, you know that the suit brought by twentysix (26) states is finally on track for a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court. As the states can’t simply present a challenge to ObamaCare saying ,”It just ain’t right, judge”, [...]

First, I want to thank all of you who have taken time to respond to my blogs and to comment on my website. Several hundred of you are sending your comments every week and that is very humbling. I appriciate your support and, sometimes, constructive suggestions about improvement. When time allows, I respond to your [...]