November 30, 2011, 3:37 pm
Boston Globe: Senate GOP Scapegoats Another Local Academic Don Berwick, the prominent pediatrician and Harvard School of Public Health professor who headed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has officially stepped down, another victim of Washington’s hyper-partisan politics. … Berwick’s transgression? In the past, he had spoken favorably of Britain’s National Health Service. What’s more, he had had the temerity to acknowledge the obvious: Financial resources to pay for health care are limited, and therefore it makes sense to compare the effectiveness of various treatments and decide which are worth funding and which are not (12/2).
The Washington Post: The White House Needs To Come Clean On Elena Kagan And The Affordable Care Act If the Supreme Court upholds the individual mandate, it will set a precedent for future Congresses and expand the federal government’s reach into our everyday lives. …
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November 28, 2011, 4:55 pm
Green RVing is a hot topic as more eco friendly RV travel options become available on the market, offering enthusiasts more choices that they can feel good about as they hit the road. Check out some of the eco travel trailers and RVs that help motorists go green and save green!
Green Travel Trailers
One of the best ways to travel with the environment in mind is to find a light-weight travel trailer that you can haul behind a small, fuel-efficient vehicle. Luckily, this category is growing every year to become more intelligent, more versatile and more light-weight than ever.
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November 24, 2011, 12:11 am
Along with the hot wheels, cool trim, leather interior and killer sound system, your sports car came with another line item add-on that wasn’t part of the MSRP: sports car automobile insurance. Insuring your shiny fast ride can add thousands of dollars to cost of ownership over the life of the car…unless you’re a savvy shopper. Here’s what you need to know to help you find cheap sports car insurance (or at least reasonably priced). For starters, different insurance companies have different definitions of what is and isn’t a sports car. This is typically based on a VIN (vehicle identification number) system published by the Insurance Services Office or the company’s own ranking system. Either syst
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November 23, 2011, 9:07 am
The Washington Post: Democrats Lobby Against Any Broader Exceptions To Contraceptive Coverage Democratic lawmakers, fearful that President Obama is on the verge of significantly diluting a proposed regulation that would give millions of women access to birth control without out-of-pocket insurance charges, are furiously lobbying the White House to hold the line (Aizenman, 11/22).
CQ HealthBeat: Democrats Try To Ward Off Changes To Exemptions For Birth Control Coverage A group of House Democrats asked President Obama to oppose expanding an exemption that allows religious groups to opt out of providing free contraceptive services through their employee health plans.
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November 14, 2011, 7:13 am
Hartford Life just introduced Issue First, a new way to provide immediate life insurance protection. Get this . . . the policy is issued before underwriting. The upper limit on face value and age is $2 million and 66, respectively, so they are not just targeting small policies or young insurers. The Hartford estimates that on average it takes 48 days to issue a permanent policy; thats almost two months! But with Issue First, the policy is issued in as little as five days if the answers to eight medical questions meet the eligibility requirements. The Hartfords agents must be loving this.
Five days. Thats
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