Taking this from Health Affairs which addresses the solutions and the issues. It is too long to post at Angry Bear. I am providing a link above. “No Clear Front-Runner to Extend ACA Healthcare Subsidies.” Some details. Plans When It Can Happen Satisfying the Fears of Ineligibles Receiving Healthcare Who Goes First and Saving Citizens […]
Exposure to an environment where hepatitis is prevalent (or risk factors like diabetes, certain jobs, or travel, offering lifelong protection with just a few shots, etc.) than get the shot. If not then maybe flip a coin. I am compromised, so I opted for the A&B shots. I also travel out of country when I […]
How the world looks at what happens in the United States. Fast reporting on US events and tragedies. We are faced with a tragedy at a university, Mass shooting happens so many times that even foreign news picks it up quickly. “Gunman kills two, wounds nine at US university,” Bangkok Post, 11:45 PM AZ time […]
Pulled this from several weeks ago. It seems like we are still going the tariff route even though prices are going up. There is a hint of inflation or more than a hint. Short and sweet commentary. Short one and no graphs. Tariffs and Trump Crazy: It Keeps Getting Worse Dean Baker November 25, 2025 […]
“How much and why ACA Marketplace Premiums are going up in 2026?” Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker Health insurers submit rate filings annually to state regulators detailing expectations and rate changes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-regulated health plans for the coming year. A relatively small, but growing, share of the population is enrolled in these plans (compared […]
Erica York – Tax Foundation For those keeping track at home, the President has said he is using tariffs to offset the cost of a long list of programs, including but not limited to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, aid to farmers hurt by tariffs, income tax elimination, and $2,000 dividend payments. And now, […]
“Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average,” Informed Comment The World Meteorological Organization has issued its annual report on the 22 countries of the Arab world, covering last year, and presents alarming conclusions about human-driven climate change in that region. 2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, […]
A New Way to Come to America. Buy your way in . . . The Gold Card is not a new visa category in name, but rather a new immigration pathway proposed through an executive order signed on September 19, 2025. The program would allow eligible foreign nationals to receive an immigrant visa (commonly known […]
Book Review of “The Dictators Handbook by The One Handed Economist David Zetland. How can you resist a book with a title like this?! — and a subtitle of Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics?! Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith (B&S) published this book in 2011, but I only got around to it recently. The […]
This was not the only time I have experienced an increase in tariffs or prices. It also happened during the Covid epidemic. Prices were increasing when there was no reason for them to increase. Packaging size was decreased somewhat. A downsizing that would be hard to notice. When we had issues a decade ago, one […]