Baseball analysts who can actually add value to most discussions of prospective value strongly discount the Triple Crown triple slash numbers of batting average, home runs and RBIs. They also discount the pitcher slash of wins, ERA and strike-outs. Both sets of numbers are traditional short hands to indicate quality play but better data and …
Anderson On Health Insurance
Good news, too many ads
I was at physical therapy this morning. As I did my stretches and balancing exercises for my ankle, the local generic “alt” rock radio station was being piped through the speakers and Good Morning America was on the wall television. On the rock station, I heard a Healthcare.gov “I got covered” ad, an ad from my company advertising …
The Family trap
BatFFP has a good question and the short answer is that she’s screwed: Long story sorta short: I get super-cheap insurance through my job. It’s well under the 9.5% of my income that would make me eligible to get subsidized insurance on the exchange… work also gives me the option to buy it for the …
Good news everybody
1 million visits to http://t.co/vQ74UBBs7F yesterday. Site stable, faster for users. — HealthCare.gov (@HealthCareGov) December 3, 2013 Seems like the site is able to take large scale loads. The Monday after Thanksgiving is traditionally the highest volume day for Medicare Open Enrollment as mom and dad had a chance to talk to their kids …
The COBRA Option
Commenter Satby has just been laid off and is looking forward to going on the Exchange for coverage that starts on January 1, 2014. There is a way to game the system for effectively free coverage via COBRA if nothing goes wrong in December for Satby. The Department of Labor COBRA FAQ has some relevant …
Exchanges over Thanksgiving dinner
I’m the family health insurance guy as I’ve worked in the industry long enough to ocassionally have a clue. Thanksgiving is my peak family question time of the year as quite a few group insurance plans are in their open enrollment slots right now, so Sister #1 wants to know if she do an HSA …
Who files their taxes on February 7th?
I do my family’s federal taxes by Valentine’s Day as we have two kids in daycare, and the refund is a nice means of forced savings that pays for a couple of months of day care with psychologically bucketed “Extra” money. People who are anal retentive or OCD(ish) tend to file early as well as …