Recently, in order to help a friend, I was trying to get health insurance information from Anthem. My questions were mainly about out-of-network benefits on individual policies—in particular whether the out-of-network deductibles and out-of-pocket caps were the same or different … Continue reading →
Commercial fisherman John Aldridge made some terrible mistakes. In the wee hours of the morning, he violated several basic safety rules and got knocked off his boat 40 miles from Montauk, with no flotation devices and no way to call … Continue reading →
I loved the Everly Brothers. Their sound was so perfectly blended, with wistful heartache that was nevertheless upbeat rather than gloomy. How did they do it? Being brothers helped; siblings have a special harmony. They fought at one point and … Continue reading →
According to a study of the Medicaid expansion in Oregon—which offers particularly fertile ground for research because new Medicaid participants were selected randomly from among those eligible—giving people Medicaid increases ER use, rather than decreasing it as Obama and the … Continue reading →
…so maybe it will be just as successful for New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, if the speeches at his inauguration are any indication of the drift. When the New York Times calls it “pointless and tacky haranguing” and … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about Obama’s somewhat-lookalike half-brother. Here’s a postscript: Mark Obama Ndesandjo said he was surprised to hear his half-brother President Barack Obama say they had only recently met for the first time. “I was floored by it ”” … Continue reading →
…this is the rule in California about illegal immigrants and Medicaid (known as “Medi-Cal” in that state): For Medi-Cal, immigration status only affects the scope of service. The services that Medi-Cal provides to undocumented immigrants include, but are not limited … Continue reading →
Now that the holidays are officially over I’d like to thank everyone who used my blog to order from Amazon during Christmas and Chanukah. You may have been buying gifts for your family and friends, but you also gave a … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →With its usual respect for details and logic (which means, “very little”), the New York Times says Edward Snowden should be given clemency and allowed back into the country. The title of the editorial, “Edward Snowden, Whistle-Blower,” sets the tone … Continue reading →
…and they’ll tell you who you vote for. What about me? I hardly drink anything. Perhaps that makes me politically weird, which I already knew.
Continue reading →…and it’s not pretty. But some of it is pretty funny: …In a shocking interview, Lance Armstrong, after years of denial, admits to Oprah Winfrey that he took illegal drugs in all seven of his Tour de France victories, as … Continue reading →