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United Health Group and the Healthcare System

Sorry, our system is f’d up and one of us was murdered as a result. We admit the United Health system does not work as well as it should. At United Health, we can sympathize with all of you hit with higher healthcare costs and bad results. We at United Healthcare are “willing to partner […]

Leaving Arizona Behind

I live in Arizona and I will not miss Sinema. “Senate Democrats were livid after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), two longtime members of their caucus, voted Wednesday (12/11/2024) to block President Biden’s  nominee, Lauren McFerran, to serve another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board.” The impact of which will allow Trump to place an anti-labor member […]

Student Loan Debt Forgiveness

Can President Biden cancel student loans? Why not? Newly elected President Trump has every intention to pardon the October 6th insurrectionists. Most of the loans depicted in the graphs have been recast into new loans having the interest rolled into them. It created a misconception of these being new loans instead of older loans. This […]

Misapplied Property Tax Economics

Mistake in Administering Property Taxes Results in a 1200 Percent Increase? This reads like something in a tabloid. However, it is occurring in an Illinois county. Montgomery County Assessor Kendra Niehaus discovered the assessment was being calculated incorrectly. A tract of woodland should have a tax rate applied to 33.33% of its fair market value. […]

Human Rights Day

I am of a belief Angry Bear should look at more than just presenting economic numbers. I have watched the numbers soar when a report is made if I follow the economic numeric. However, I am fortunate enough to be in league with some exceptional writers such as Prof. Heather, Infidel753, Joyce Vance, Robert Reich, […]

The Trump-Muskrat plot to kill Social Security

The Trump-Muskrat plot to kill Social Security, Robert Reich Sorry to intrude on your inbox for a second time today, but Elon Musk has revealed the truth about what he plans to do with his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): Gut Social Security and Medicare. Musk retweeted a series of posts by Utah’s Republican […]

Two-Thirds of the Growth in High Intensity Hospital Stays Not Explained by Changes in Patient Demographics or Pre-Existing Comorbidities

This is something Angry Bear has been following for a few years. A person may go to the doctor for one issue and the office wants to expand the visit to other supposed issues. An example being having a comprehensive blood test two months previous and their wanting to repeat the same blood test. The […]

Fear of Losing Medicaid and the ACA Healthcare When Trump Takes Office

What state government were to do for their citizens they began doing in 2010 with the expansion of healthcare in the form of Medicaid. The 2010 Affordable Care Act encouraged states to expand Medicaid programs to cover more low-income Americans who did not get health insurance through their jobs. Forty states and the District of […]