A recent Forbes article written by Steve Cohen entitled, “On Tort Reform, It’s Time to Declare Victory and Withdraw“, debunks the myths set forth many years ago when the catchy phrased initiative first started. Given the many states that have passed those “reforms”, aka insurance company dream goals to make more money, quantitative information is available to actually measure results. Since many of you went along hook line and sinker, let’s see what you have done to yourselves. Drum roll please….
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Big Companies Make Big Mistakes and then Act Like Babies
Fortune Magazine had an Opinion article by journalist, Becky Quick, entitled:
Ms. Quick retells the account of an 84-year-old patient that had a Boston Scientific defibrillator and received an accidental shock to his heart. Instead…
War! What is it Good For? – INSURANCE PROFITS
We know insurance companies are hard enough to deal with on domestic claims. Can you imagine having to deal with insurance companies as a foreign, or international, person not able to speak the language and working in a war zone? It appears that not too many foreign workers really have to worry about that because…
Is it A.I.G? A.I.U? Or I.O.U?
Keith Bradsher with The New York Times wrote an article entitled, "Name Hurts Main Unit of A.I.G." reporting that:
Less than two months after changing its name, the biggest and best-known unit of American International Group is preparing to change its name again, in the latest sign of damage to one of the world’s most
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Good Friday
Good Friday entry in Wikipedia:
According to the New Testament, Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane by the Temple Guards through the guidance of his disciple, Judas Iscariot. Judas received money for betraying Jesus and told the guards that whomever he kisses is the one they are to arrest. Jesus is
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Celebrate National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week with Me!
The week of April 5-11, 2009 has been recognized nationwide as Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week. This is important on so many levels but more importantly for myself and my family, because we recognize it every day.
I was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 17 and given a very poor prognosis (…
Happy Bill of Rights Day!
The current guy in the White House has set forth a proclamation in his waning hours as Chief Executive:
The United States was founded on the principle that government must respect people’s rights to speak freely, worship as they choose, and pursue their dreams in liberty. As we remember the enduring importance of our Constitution’s
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China Tries to Kill Pebbles
Pebbles is the Yorkshire terrier that became a symbol of the national pet food scare. A multi-million dollar settlement for owners of dogs and cats, who were sickened or died after eating pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical, was reached on Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
Most of the food turned out to contain Chinese-made wheat…