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I admit that I was a bit confused.  The key employee of a local not-for-profit was about to give us the “30 Thousand Foot View” on a particular issue.  My confusion?  I had always thought that it was easier to … Continue reading →

How much will health insurance cost next year?  The predictions have keenly reflected the political affiliations of the prognosticators.  Democrats are still clinging to the possibility of premium reductions.  Republicans are having difficulty hiding their glee over the possibility, especially … Continue reading →

  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was supposed to cure two intractable problems: Access to Health Care The Cost of Health Care  Of course, if you have been paying attention, you know that the PPACA has nothing … Continue reading →

The presentation by the two attorney/consultants was only 45 minutes long.  It just felt like four hours.  They were on firm ground when they stayed in the tax and law side of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).   … Continue reading →

For once, Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall.  There was nothing there except a single commandment.  It read:All animals are equal.  But some animals are more equal than … Continue reading →

  Today’s news gave me the opportunity to view two competing views of reality.  The headline at the top of Page B1 of today’s Plain Dealer was “Hospitals keep leaning on lawmakers over balking at Medicaid expansion”.  It took two … Continue reading →

Alarm bells.  Warning lights.  Bespectacled insurance agents jumping up and down and waving our arms.  The last three years have had no shortage of dire predictions.  Most have been ignored.  The warnings were coming primarily from Republican leadership and insurance … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →