Author Archives: dave@cunixinsurance.com

Disappointed

Robert Anderson grimaced.  The next to the last thing in the world Bob (name changed) wanted to do was to defend The Path To Prosperity, Paul Ryan’s new budget.  The very last thing would be to defend or even to … Continue reading

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We Interrupt This Blog To Bring You An Important Message

One of the key points of this blog is that the health care debate has never been about health care.  Never.  Money isn’t the prime driver.  Money is the only driver.  How do the hospitals, doctors and other medical providers … Continue reading

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Water Falls From Sky. People Get Wet.

Cause and effect.  Stand in the rain and you will get wet.  We get that.  We aren’t surprised, normally, when 1 plus 1 gets us 2.  But human nature will, at times, have us rooting for a different result.  There … Continue reading

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The Great Imposition

Women are imprisoned in their homes, and are denied access to basic health care and education. Food sent to help starving people is stolen by their leaders. The religious monuments of other faiths are destroyed. Children are forbidden to fly … Continue reading

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The Compassionate Physician

A Kind-hearted Physician sitting at the bedside of a patient afflicted with an incurable and painful disease, heard a noise behind him, and turning saw a cat laughing at the feeble efforts of a wounded mouse to drag itself out … Continue reading

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Fact, PolitiFact, and the Real World

Jim Renacci (R-OH) got caught.  Last Thursday’s Plain Dealer called out the congressman in the PolitiFact column.  Obamacare includes “a $63 charge every American will begin paying (in 2013) as a way to cover some of the increased costs associated … Continue reading

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Cliff Diving

December 19, 2024 They were much too angry and type A to stand in line.  But they waited for their turn and one by one marched to the podium, faced the few assembled Congressmen not from their states, and held … Continue reading

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Buried Deep Within The Law

December is my busiest month.  The majority of my business clients prefer to renew or change their coverages as of January 1st.  New deductibles.  New Benefits.  New Year.  So wasting forty-five minutes of my time by taking a meaningless class … Continue reading

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Still Stuck Inside

Will you indulge me?  Will you return with me to a post I wrote on August 21, 2009?  That post, Stuck Inside, was about an insurance agent, me, trying to give a quick, off-the-cuff answer to the question, “So, what … Continue reading

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It’s November and Everybody’s Busy (Too Busy to Talk)

The days before Thanksgiving are a time of unrelenting activity.  Some people are finalizing the big meal for Thursday.  Others are preparing for the December holidays.  In fact, I’ve been told that there are even elves working overtime somewhere near … Continue reading

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