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  The calls started coming in last week. Dave, I want to keep my current policy. Well of course you do.  We had this conversation in October. Yeah, well I got a letter that said that I had to call … Continue reading →

It was an ugly, ugly bedroom.  The only solution I could think of was to scrape off the seven layers of paint and wallpaper to get back to the original plaster.  At that point we would be able to make … Continue reading →

 NO! February 11th.  The young family applied for health insurance on the government’s exchange on February 11, 2014.  It was a frustrating experience that resulted in the young husband and his child being invited to apply for health insurance.  They … Continue reading →

Room 113.  The name plate on the massive wooden door identified this room, located down a hallway in the Statehouse, stuck between a stairwell and the men’s room, as the William Henry Harrison Room.  Our ninth President, who served a … Continue reading →

Bloody.  Broken.  I was flat on the mat.  I had thought that I could go the distance.  But now?  Now I wasn’t so sure.  I pulled myself up and tried to clear my head.  The referee administered a standing 8 … Continue reading →

    We interrupt the ongoing saga of R.S., the client who magically received the retroactive insurance policy, to bring you an important warning. It appears that I have found the one thing you can do as a consumer that … Continue reading →

Insurance company greed on one side – government indifference and incompetence on the other.  My client?  He’s stuck in the middle with me.  You were introduced to R.S. in last week’s post.  Quick summary – R.S. purchased a health insurance … Continue reading →

February 27th.  The client and I, after several failed attempts, finally got all of the way through healthcare.gov on February 27th.  We chose a policy for him and his son and hit the final button.  The Congratulations screen was anticlimactic.  … Continue reading →

I’ve been meaning to get around to it.  It was a great article in Time magazine, I learned some interesting facts, and I wanted to express my appreciation.  It was an article on Procrastination and it appeared in 1979.  And … Continue reading →

(The Last Month of Open Enrollment)  The first open enrollment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (PPACA or Obamacare) is coming to an end.   Six months.  Much anticipated.  Terribly disappointing.  We began in October with a system of crashing … Continue reading →