Rants, musings, and other general purpose blog entries reflecting the thoughts du jour.
Sometimes HealthCare.gov and the insurance companies providing the data gets the messaging totally spot-on when it comes to the health care plans on offer on the exchange in NC… :(
The Tories are set to win a massive majority in the general election but for me, the most interesting contest is the one in Bolsover which has been held by the “Beast of Bolsover” Dennis Skinner of the Labour Party since 1970. Skinner is famous for heckling Black Rod when they come into the Commons to summon them to attend Her Majesty in the House of Lords for the State Opening of Parliament. Tory frontbenchers…
This is actually honest to goodness advice given from the Electoral Commission for the general election going in right now. The utter irony of it is palpable and might well explain recent results of elections and referenda better than the pundits have! ;) —- Suppose you've been drinking - can you still vote? Yes. You can vote if you are drunk or under the influence of drugs, unless you are disruptive.
In the five years of being on Marketplace coverage as an individual, I’ve never had a year where the new plan: Was the same plan as the old one. Every single plan I’ve ever had was withdrawn at the end of the year it was introduced. You can’t even get low-deductible Platinum plans in the Raleigh area anymore!Had a larger network than the old one. This year was particularly bad as the statewide network was…
So I'm considering which of the utterly depressing offerings available on the Healthcare Marketplace is the one that I should select for the "World's Most Appallingly Expensive Flu Jab" (tm) and the first two options were interesting, to say the least. One has a deductible/out-of-pocket maximum of $8,150 and the other one is a HSA-eligible HDHP with a deductible/out-of-pocket maximum of $6,900. In all other respects, the Summary Plan Description shows these two plans are…
The presser acting Chief of Staff Mulvaney gave today concerning the ongoing scandal vis-a-vis the quid pro quo of aid to Ukraine in exchange for dirt on the Bidens was certainly an interesting affair. He actually admits that there was a coercive element to the decision to withhold aid pending Ukrainian cooperation…and then tries to immediately walk it back and deny the quid pro quo. The first thing I thought of watching that clumsy statement…
