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Via email, I just learned a new word, "Nutraceutical:"
"Do you have clients involved in the manufacture, distribution, or packaging of vitamin, nutritional or supplement products? ... [We are] pleased to provide our expertise in Primary Product Liability Coverage for the Nutraceutical Industry"
Since this is way outside my wheelhouse, I would normally have just deleted it. But how can one resist that term? Although I must admit, my first thought was of boats.
Thanks, A. J. Renner & Associates!
"Do you have clients involved in the manufacture, distribution, or packaging of vitamin, nutritional or supplement products? ... [We are] pleased to provide our expertise in Primary Product Liability Coverage for the Nutraceutical Industry"
Since this is way outside my wheelhouse, I would normally have just deleted it. But how can one resist that term? Although I must admit, my first thought was of boats.
Thanks, A. J. Renner & Associates!
Because Shut Up, That's Why
The Obamastration has a history of silencing critics of its health care policies. From 2009:
"The government is investigating a major insurance company for allegedly trying to scare seniors with a mailer warning they could lose important benefits under health care legislation in Congress."
This, despite the fact that the carrier, Humana, was absolutely correct. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, because they were correct.
La plus ca change:
"What is going on is, behind the scenes attempt by the White House to at least keep insurerers from publicly criticizing what is happening on this [ObamaTax] rollout. Basically, if you speak out, if you are quoted, you're going to get a call from the White House, pressure to be quiet," reports CNN."
Lie down with dogs....
[Hat Tip: Hot Air]
"The government is investigating a major insurance company for allegedly trying to scare seniors with a mailer warning they could lose important benefits under health care legislation in Congress."
This, despite the fact that the carrier, Humana, was absolutely correct. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, because they were correct.
La plus ca change:
"What is going on is, behind the scenes attempt by the White House to at least keep insurerers from publicly criticizing what is happening on this [ObamaTax] rollout. Basically, if you speak out, if you are quoted, you're going to get a call from the White House, pressure to be quiet," reports CNN."
Lie down with dogs....
[Hat Tip: Hot Air]
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Healthcare.gov is the symptom....
FoIB Bob Graboyes has a wonderful, insightful post up over at Forbes, in which he notes the confluence of Israeli daycare, Blue Grass State healthcare (well, health insurance, to be precise) and the SCOTUS tax-scare:
"[D]ay care centers in Haifa, Israel, had a problem with tardy parents retrieving their children after closing time ... monetary penalties would discourage parents from flouting the no-tardiness mandate"
The problem is that they aimed low, and shot themselves in the foot. How? By imposing only a nominal fine, they ended up reinforcing the behavior.
And then there was Kentucky's ill-fated 1994 attempt at its own version ofRomneyCare the ObamaTax:
"Insurers could neither refuse purchasers nor drop them for health reasons. Insurers could not differentiate premiums on the basis of gender, health status, or claims experience ... Insurers fled the state by the dozens ... By 2000, guaranteed issue was gone"
I remember this debacle well - in fact, I taught a CE class on it, back in the day. I recall how frustrating it was for Kentucky agents, since the only carrier left was Blue Cross. Lots of choice there.
Which brings us to the SCOTUS and liver. To this day, I'm ambivalent about whether CJ Roberts' decision was a gift or a curse. Bob offers his own take, and I can't say that I disagree.
Read the whole thing©.
"[D]ay care centers in Haifa, Israel, had a problem with tardy parents retrieving their children after closing time ... monetary penalties would discourage parents from flouting the no-tardiness mandate"
The problem is that they aimed low, and shot themselves in the foot. How? By imposing only a nominal fine, they ended up reinforcing the behavior.
And then there was Kentucky's ill-fated 1994 attempt at its own version of
"Insurers could neither refuse purchasers nor drop them for health reasons. Insurers could not differentiate premiums on the basis of gender, health status, or claims experience ... Insurers fled the state by the dozens ... By 2000, guaranteed issue was gone"
I remember this debacle well - in fact, I taught a CE class on it, back in the day. I recall how frustrating it was for Kentucky agents, since the only carrier left was Blue Cross. Lots of choice there.
Which brings us to the SCOTUS and liver. To this day, I'm ambivalent about whether CJ Roberts' decision was a gift or a curse. Bob offers his own take, and I can't say that I disagree.
Read the whole thing©.
Top. Men. (Redux)
Back in April, Bob reported on the CGI Group's recruitment as ObamaTax Exchange developers. In case you were wondering, the "C" in CGI apparently stands for "Canadian," since the firm is headquartered there.
And apparently they use igloos as data warehouses, since their last big government contract didn't go so well:
"Their most famous government project was for the Canadian Firearms Registry. The registry was estimated to cost in total $119 million, which would be offset by $117 million in fees. That’s a net cost of $2 million."
Not a bad deal: register 7 million rifles at a net cost of about $4.50 (assuming that's Canadian dollars, that works out to about US$4.38 in 2004 currency values),
Turns out, they underestimated the actual cost a bit: the original $119 million bid ballooned into an impressive $2 billion final price tag; a staggering "thousand times more expensive."
Yikes!
But here's the kicker: "Canada’s auditor general reported to parliament that much of the information was either duplicated or wrong"
Sound familiar?
Oh, the epilogue:
"CGI was hired to create an entirely new CFIS II, which would operate alongside CFIS I until the old system could be scrapped ... $81 million was thrown at it before a new Conservative government scrapped the fiasco in 2007"
Wouldn't it have been less expensive - and certainly more efficient - to just flush a fully-laden Brink's truck down a toilet?
[Hat Tip: Ace of Spades]
And apparently they use igloos as data warehouses, since their last big government contract didn't go so well:
"Their most famous government project was for the Canadian Firearms Registry. The registry was estimated to cost in total $119 million, which would be offset by $117 million in fees. That’s a net cost of $2 million."
Not a bad deal: register 7 million rifles at a net cost of about $4.50 (assuming that's Canadian dollars, that works out to about US$4.38 in 2004 currency values),
Turns out, they underestimated the actual cost a bit: the original $119 million bid ballooned into an impressive $2 billion final price tag; a staggering "thousand times more expensive."
Yikes!
But here's the kicker: "Canada’s auditor general reported to parliament that much of the information was either duplicated or wrong"
Sound familiar?
Oh, the epilogue:
"CGI was hired to create an entirely new CFIS II, which would operate alongside CFIS I until the old system could be scrapped ... $81 million was thrown at it before a new Conservative government scrapped the fiasco in 2007"
Wouldn't it have been less expensive - and certainly more efficient - to just flush a fully-laden Brink's truck down a toilet?
[Hat Tip: Ace of Spades]
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Halbig is it?
Last week, we noted that Michael Cannon's years-long coverage of the subsidy vs Federally-run Exchange issue had passed another hurdle:
"A federal judge ... refused to dismiss a case that could fatally cripple the Obamacare health insurance law ... 'The IRS cannot rewrite the law that Congress passed'"
This was a substantial blow to proponents of the ObamaTax, and this week, Michael has more details on why this is, in fact, a very big deal. I highly recommend that you click on through.
But I wanted to highlight a few items. Joel L. McElvain is thegovernment's Obamastration lawyer arguing the case on behalf of his masters. Here he attempts verbal jujitsu, with predictable effect:
"Congress is creating a “legal fiction” that each state has established an Exchange. If a state does not establish an Exchange, “the premise stands” that it has. Therefore, when the federal government establishes an Exchange, it is, fictionally but legally, “an Exchange established by the State.”
I told Michael that this gave me a headache, and wondered how Mr McE could say that with a straight face.
A bit later, we run into our old "friend," Timothy Jost. Esteemed co-blogger Patrick recently skewered Mr J here:
"So tell me Tim, as a law professor which quote of yours is correct?"
Definitely read Michael's piece, it's quite enlightening.
"A federal judge ... refused to dismiss a case that could fatally cripple the Obamacare health insurance law ... 'The IRS cannot rewrite the law that Congress passed'"
This was a substantial blow to proponents of the ObamaTax, and this week, Michael has more details on why this is, in fact, a very big deal. I highly recommend that you click on through.
But I wanted to highlight a few items. Joel L. McElvain is the
"Congress is creating a “legal fiction” that each state has established an Exchange. If a state does not establish an Exchange, “the premise stands” that it has. Therefore, when the federal government establishes an Exchange, it is, fictionally but legally, “an Exchange established by the State.”
I told Michael that this gave me a headache, and wondered how Mr McE could say that with a straight face.
A bit later, we run into our old "friend," Timothy Jost. Esteemed co-blogger Patrick recently skewered Mr J here:
"So tell me Tim, as a law professor which quote of yours is correct?"
Definitely read Michael's piece, it's quite enlightening.
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Stupid Chamber Tricks
We have been members (and supporters) of our local Chamber of Commerce (South Metro Regional Chamber of Commerce) for many years, during some of which we've been more active than others. But we have always felt that it was important to support the Chamber's efforts, as they have supported - to a greater or lesser degree - ours.
But no more.
This morning, we received an email that the SMRCOC has decided that rather than support us, they wish to compete with us, by contracting with an out-of-town outfit to sell and administer the Chamber's own private employer health insurance Exchange, in direct competition with us and other member agents.
They've never reached out to us for help or advice on this, or even asked if we'd like to participate as a professional and experienced sales partner.
That's obviously their prerogative, as it is ours to immediately resign.
Here's what's sad: we are not the only agents who've been active and supportive members for many years, and yet the "leadership" has decided that, instead of a mutually beneficial relationship with folks who have donated time, effort and money, they would rather cast their lot with an organization who will never be in a position to financially support (as in patronize) the very businesses that the SMCROC claims to represent and support.
I'd call that pretty shortsighted.
But no more.
This morning, we received an email that the SMRCOC has decided that rather than support us, they wish to compete with us, by contracting with an out-of-town outfit to sell and administer the Chamber's own private employer health insurance Exchange, in direct competition with us and other member agents.
They've never reached out to us for help or advice on this, or even asked if we'd like to participate as a professional and experienced sales partner.
That's obviously their prerogative, as it is ours to immediately resign.
Here's what's sad: we are not the only agents who've been active and supportive members for many years, and yet the "leadership" has decided that, instead of a mutually beneficial relationship with folks who have donated time, effort and money, they would rather cast their lot with an organization who will never be in a position to financially support (as in patronize) the very businesses that the SMCROC claims to represent and support.
I'd call that pretty shortsighted.
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