Chances are at some point during the year you or a family member will have out-of-pocket health care costs and the chances are those costs will be modest. Nevertheless, it’s good to […]
The US Postal Service retiree benefit promises and reprehensible politics. Massive liabilities will cost you eventually.
The following appears on Facebook and elsewhere and is readily passed around and accepted as fact. It’s pure bunk. The law required the funding of the massive liabilities for retiree health benefits, […]
Lessons from the past – MCAA
Remember The Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (MCAA)? Most people don’t. It was a law that expanded Medicare coverage including adding prescription coverage. It was also a law that was quickly repealed because […]
Can Medicare for All continue under current law?
Medicare for All is thrown around like we can just push a button and all Americans are enrolled in today’s Medicare (with greatly enhanced benefits). That simply can’t happen. No system in […]
Don’t lap up that ice cream sundae
