Two years ago, writing at the outset of the pandemic, I cited a March 2020 New York Times column by David Brooks, “Pandemics Kill Compassion, Too.” He warned that, historically, pandemics, unlike other disasters which bring communities and nations...
Watch this video on YouTube A few months ago I scoffed when my wife told me about a report from CNN that the average individual, unsubsidized health insurance premium was going up over 60%. After receiving my 2016 premium notice from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue...
Watch this video on YouTube Like millions of Americans, I jumped on Healthcare.gov on October 1 to view the long-anticipated plans on the insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Healthcare Act, known as Obamacare. I needed a new healthcare plan and purposely...
Watch this video on YouTube The opening date is October 1. By then, the competition will be lined up and ready to go after bronze, silver, gold, and even platinum. These competitors aren’t athletes, but insurance providers. The field they are entering is the new...
Watch this video on YouTube “I’m not sure what’s wrong or what kind of surgery you need, but we have to operate right now.” If you heard this from your doctor, you’d jump off the examination table and run for the door. Yet that’s...
