Private healthcare insurance polices and pricing is more varied than Medicare. No surprise there. The only thing you may deal with in having Medicare is Supplemental. The ACA should be similar to Medicare pricing. ACA Marketplace plans and Medicare differ significantly in costs and pricing (Supplemental). Too much freedom or leeway was given to the […]
Commentary by Andrew Sprung at his site: xpostfactoid. Besides the other factors, I will point out, Hospital Prices Have Risen Much Faster for Private Insurance Than Medicare Since 2019 per a KFF report in May of this year. The increases “represent approximately one third of total health care spending and accounted for 40% of spending growth from 2022 to […]
The NYT published an article reporting that RFK Jr has abandoned most of his responsibilities: “Mr. Kennedy has shown little interest in managing the details of work in his department, according to multiple colleagues,” Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote in the article. “Instead, they say, he is single-mindedly focused on his top priorities, including food recommendations […]
– by New Deal democrat Just as forecast by the Cleveland Fed, the CPI in May increased 0.5% – less than the increases in March and April, but still too high. Core CPI, which excludes food and energy, increased only 0.2%. The YoY% gains both also increased, to 4.2% and 2.8% respectively. to increase to […]
Steve Roth — Wealth Economics When you look at the left side of an entity’s balance sheet or its brokerage account statement, you see a list of things that the entity owns, with an estimate of what those assets are worth. The estimates are generally at current market value — what somebody would pay for those assets at […]
J.P. McJefferson Thoughts J.P. McJefferson Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most discussed technologies of our time. Governments around the world are debating regulations. Legislatures are holding hearings. Experts are proposing safeguards. Companies are publishing ethical principles. Yet amid all this activity, one critical issue receives surprisingly little public attention: AI is a […]
It astonishes me what passes for reasoning among “conservatives.” “Steve Gruber, host of the conservative network’s morning program Day Break, made the announcement Wednesday alongside his guest and wife, Ivey Ramos Gruber, who agreed sunglasses might also be unnecessary. The segment fits neatly into the MAHA movement’s growing anti-sunscreen wing — and straight into a […]
– by New Deal democrat First of all, my usual caveat: although they constitute about 90% of all housing sales, I don’t pay too much attention to existing sales because they are not nearly so important as new home sales, since the latter involve much more economic activity in the building process, plus more landscaping […]
I did not get a chance to post this commentary about the last day for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who stepped down as the Chair. Just to be clear, he was succeeded by Kevin Warsh. Powell did break precedent by remaining on the Fed’s governing board as a governor. He will serve out the […]
“‘Trump’ Kennedy Center Gets SLAPP-ed,” Taken from “Above the Law,” Liz Dye on June 08, 2026 Bravo As we wait to see if the Kennedy Center complies with Judge Cooper’s order to take Trump’s name off the building by June 12, the arts center lost yet another legal battle on Friday. This time it was Judge Tanya […]