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- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- What people hate most about health insurance
- What people hate most about health insurancetry medicaid if you want a real headacheIf you think your paid insurance is bad, try living on SS or SSI, yet being expected to make co-pays on everything they can find to ding you on, it may sound like no big deal if...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- What people hate most about health insurance
- In a public system bureaucracy is just waste. But in a private system, bureaucracy is a profit center. As the debate over health care heats up, this is the point I'll remember most. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Bureaucracy, Carrier, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Have insurers tied their fate to Newt Gingrich?
- Did the health insurance industry just fail to research its own campaign brand or are they, in fact, acting as a Newt Gingrich front? They're certainly using Gingrich's tactics. If they're not connected, Newt, I'd sue. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Vertical Industries, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- The key barrier to health care reform
- The key barrier to health care reformReducing residenciesHey, at least Georgia [b]has[/b] residencies. Arizona's University Hospital has, thanks to Andrew Weil, turned all of its general practice residencies into NCCAAM-funded "alternative health care" training programs.If you think it's bad now, wait until your insurance only covers "therapeutic touch" and...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, barrier, health care, residency, physician
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Apple chaos theory
- I got a fairly lukewarm response to my excitement over Oracle putting applications on the iPhone. That should be no surprise to readers of Fortune which also poured cold water on the idea that iPhone's are going to be the next big thing in corporate gadgets: Companies in highly...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, CIO, Theory, Information Technology, Apple Inc., Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- The running scandal of long-term care insurance
- The running scandal of long-term care insuranceLong-term Care Insurance"With 79 million of us now headed past our warrantee expirations, the cost of caring for us is about to explode. It’s a ticking bomb under the economy, and the free market does not have an answer for it."Here's the answer: Plan...
- Tags: Vertical industries, long-term care, long-term care insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- The running scandal of long-term care insurance
- The best I can come up with is a federal pool paying for federalized care into which everyone above a certain age must pay, with the taxpayers making up the losses. That doesn't sound good to me, either. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Cost, Insurance, Long-term Care, Martin, Real Estate, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Qik out of private beta
- Over the weekend, Qik came out of private beta. Jennifer Leggio has all the technical details, along with some insights in Robert Scoble's outburst about how kyte.tv would kill off Qik and Flixwagon. One claim the company makes over at VentureBeat is that they have gotten latency...
- Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Business Model, Beta, Qik, Jennifer Leggio, Strategy, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- I'm back!
- I'm back from vacation and getting a bit of a late start blogging tonight since my dog got sprayed by a skunk. It's great to be back out here in the woods! However, my getaway left me with a renewed appreciation for home (be it ever...
- Tags: Camera, Kid, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- In America money is life
- In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...
- Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- IT Tiger (exe)
- IT Tiger offers an easy way to track all of your technology assets. It also provides a cost summary and inventory system. All of your company assets can be centralized in IT Tiger allowing for easy access to assets and it provides a sense of security that all IT assets...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, VALSAL, IT Tiger, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-16
- What your boss hates about telecommuting
- What your boss hates about telecommutingsince 1994....since 1994 I've been a full time telecommuter. It works very well for me and my family. I can see it NOT working for many people and many careers. Lower auto insurance rates, no commuting costs.. but your home electric bill may creep up....
- Tags: telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?a little betterIt's better, in that it involves some competition between private companies, and not full government involvement. It's also good that it provides coverage to everyone.However, as you stated, much of it is paid for by "the wealthy", which...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Dutch model, right reform, U.S. Healthcare, health care, reform, government, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?
- The Dutch system combines heavy public spending and private insurance.The government offers subsidies covering dozens of pre-existing conditions so the private market can accept all patients. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Drugs, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- The full cost of ADHD includes ignorance
- The bottom line is that until we stop treating ADHD as a disability, seeing it as the mixed blessing it in fact is, and stop stigmatizing those with ADHD, instead celebrating our accomplishments, it will continue to cost all of us. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Robin Williams, Ignorance, Disability, ADHD, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Numbers show Obama plan won't work
- Numbers show Obama plan won't workMany families of four ....... have a single wage earner making only minimum wage. You and Obama are the ones that are fudging. besides any cost placed on the business is passed on through the goods and services offered making us even less...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Obama, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Collectify Home Inventory (exe)
- Snap digital photos of your home's contents, drag the photos into Collectify Home Inventory, give the objects a name and a value and you're done. Have peace of mind knowing that should there ever be a loss, you're already on the road to a fast recovery. Inventory your objects room...
- Tags: Insurance, Photograph, E-mail, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-07-14
- A health policy turning point?
- A health policy turning point?Who can blame the doctors?Especially if they get irritated calling "1-800-Mommy-May-I" to get approval for a procedure they consider necessary. And who is on the phone at the insurance company making a decision on your health care? Some high school graduate?The simple fact is...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health policy, insurance, insurance company
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
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