Obamacare: More Considerations

The poor stand to get free health insurance in states that expand Medicaid, but if their state does not expand it, they get nothing.

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Obamacare’s Underwhelming Multistate Options

No matter how worthy the goal nor how well written the law, neither can pre-empt the realities of the human workplace.   The Affordable Care Act requires that every insurer who offers coverage through healthcare exchanges offer one or more multi-state plans that will have network providers in 30 states.  One of my home states, […]

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Mammoth Cave, Uh, Sort Of

We paid a visit to Mammoth Cave National Park Friday.  That was the first day the park was fully operational after that ridiculous government shutdown.  I figured there would be nobody at the park.   I was wrong.  It was busy.   When we hit a National Park I usually do a lot of homework on […]

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I Steal, Every Chance I Get

I’ve never had an original thought. I’ve never written an original sentence. And to lift an idea from Kurt Vonnegut, I will never write Beethoven’s 10th symphony.

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Obamacare: Choose Your State

Focus on Silver plans, because they’re the only ones that if qualified for a tax subsidy often also result in lower deductibles, co-pays, and coinsurance.

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The Forkland Heritage Festival

The beans start cooking at 6:00 each morning and smell delicious all day. Talented local performers will entertain during the supper served by local youth (all the beans & cornbread you can eat, plus sorghum cake & more!).

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Workkamping 101

…you have absolutely no idea how difficult it is to make beds in the confined space of an Airstream!

The best reason I’ve not written is that your life is now officially more entertaining than mine.

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