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Insurance is real. My job is to work with real people, everyday, to solve real problems. I get angry and frustrated when the theoretical and the hypothetical invade my space and get in my way. Yes, I have an agenda. … Continue reading →

A few short posts about life as I know it. Sprinkling a Little Holy Water Boundaries. I noted a few weeks ago in my other blog, Again? Really?, that neither Reverend Kenneth Chaulker nor I should comment on the Catholic … Continue reading →

My business is on hold. I’m not talking about the phones. I’m not talking figuratively. Literally, a major portion of my business is on hold. There is so much uncertainty, so little clarity, that I am, for the next few … Continue reading →

The Heck with building better highways for better Negro marchers. What we need is to get our fair share of the crooked contracts that build those highways. Godfrey Cambridge How do you define equal opportunity? In Cuyahoga County, the right … Continue reading →

My friend Mitch, who lives in Montreal, was stuck overnight in Cleveland. Mitch used to live on Solon. He misses his friends, our shopping, and our health care – in that order. While visiting him at the airport Marriott, he … Continue reading →

My last post on Health Insurance Issues With Dave generated a lot of responses. Some people were frustrated with yet another under-publicized provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Some used my article as an opportunity to complain … Continue reading →

Grandfathered – The right to stay under the old rules and regulations that new policies must follow. The more onerous the new rules and regulations, the more desirable it is to be grandfathered. The new rules are coming. In a … Continue reading →

Three minutes. Citizens are allowed three minutes to address the Beachwood City Council at regularly scheduled meetings. This isn’t a Q & A. If the Councilmen deign to respond to the concerns raised or answer the questions asked, it will … Continue reading →

Should all businesses provide health insurance benefits to their employees? As a guy who makes his living selling group health policies to employers, you might think that I would answer with an emphatic “YES”. In theory, all businesses should provide … Continue reading →

The recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act forces the State of Ohio to re-address our uninsured. Of particular interest is our population of high risk uninsured. These individuals are very unhealthy and have not been insured for over … Continue reading →