I've been on the fence - tending towards against it - for a long time, but I think it's starting to be the actual answer ( Read more... )

In an email to a client: "What's worrying me is there's no such thing as a "reconciliation discrepency" of $4391.22.  That's called "not having your bookkeeping done ( Read more... )

Sometimes I hear people talking about how nice it would be to have a flat tax. Sometimes they think I am not in favor of it because I would lose all my clients. LOL, no ( Read more... )

A few years ago there was a bunch of talk about "hipsters on food stamps".  The concept was that people who should be working were not, and it made them food insecure.  This is a label that cries out for a fix - hungry people!  That's bad!  Except, well, it turns out that a lot of the reason we strive and struggle and put ourselves out there is ( Read more... )

Phoebe, I just checked this link.  The two health insurance companies I have as choices are both ranked with a score of 90 and highest customer satisfaction across the board.

http://www.consumerreports.org/health/insurance/NCQA-rankings.htm?state=MA&planCategory=privateHMOBut when I went and looked at what you have available in Oklahoma, drastic ( Read more... )

The latest info I can find shows that the average per capita health care spending per person in the United States is $8200.  Those are either 2009 (KFF) or 2010 (CDC) figures.  In 2009 the average in MA was over $9K, the highest in the country ( Read more... )

The fringe right thinks they can hold our government hostage as a method of mending laws ( Read more... )

Massachusetts absolutely loves its Romneycare.  People are thrilled to pieces to have insurance at every income level, and to have "children" covered until age 26 ( Read more... )

When I feel better, remind me to tell you about how Obamacare made me this sick ( Read more... )

Should people be allowed to sell their kidneys?

Let's say you are really healthy and a friend of yours is really unhealthy.  You are inclined to help your friend, but really can't afford to take the time off of work and - honestly - want a little sumpthin sumpthin for your effort.  You hear that other people get $10,000 in other countries for a good ( Read more... )