The most important health policy law that is not the Social Security Act or its amendments is one that operates in the background. The 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act is the 800 pound gorilla that controls employer plans that are organized on a self-payment basis. Self-insured plans cover roughly 60% of all people who …
On the Road and In Your Backyard
Good Morning All, This weekday feature is for Juicers who are are on the road, traveling, or just want to share a little bit of their world via stories and pictures. So many of us rise each morning, eager for something beautiful, inspiring, amazing, subtle, of note, and our community delivers – a view into …
Monday Morning Open Thread: GOATALITY! (Also: I Hope We See Pics from Carhenge)
GOATALITY is coming. We're gonna stream from a fainting goat farm during eclipse — will they faint during totality? https://t.co/Eq6tqYejim pic.twitter.com/6lQAdhp8M6 — T.J. Ortenzi (@tjortenzi) August 18, 2017 Apart from the Big Solar Event, what’s on the agenda as we start the new week? *********** I enjoyed this whole Washington Post story, “For one day, …
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Dark Night of the Soul Open Thread: Now They Figure It Out…
This week's @theipaper cartoon… pic.twitter.com/axblJ6wqK1 — Ben Jennings (@BJennings90) August 18, 2017 Trump’s Approval Rating Stands Below 40% in Three Key Midwest States (@mmurraypolitics @chucktodd) details: https://t.co/uI8KZHGbFX pic.twitter.com/iHc1d69l77 — OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) August 20, 2017 The way Donald Trump is handling his job as president:Approve 36%Disapprove 58%(Gallup tracking, 8/17-19)trend: https://t.co/DEIJ0t0cbp — PollingReport.com (@pollreport) August 21, 2017 …
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Why the Hell Not: Sunday Night Breaking News – the USS John S. McCain Collides with a Tanker Off of Singapore
BREAKING: US Navy destroyer and merchant ship collide in waters east of Singapore and the Straits of Malacca. https://t.co/YHaftVR3v8 — The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2017 SINGAPORE (AP) — A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a tanker early Monday in waters east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, and at least 10 …
Sunday Evening Open Thread: Happy Reunions
Mom’s here! Mom’s here! Mom’s here! Mom’s here. Maria you’re mauling her, if you eat her face she won’t come and visit again… Hat tip to the The Jester: #OffTopicSun Lady aquired 2 lion cubs (somehow) authorities relocated them to zoo. SEVEN yrs later she visited them. https://t.co/xLTrqDcBvV — JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUΔL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) August 20, …
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Oregon Eclipse Mini-Meet-Up?
Just looked at my email, and found this message from Balloon Juice commentor / party promoter Lahke, currently on the opposite coast: I just made an offer of two parking permits for the eclipse viewing at Madras Airport, free to first Juicers who respond. Is it possible for you to facilitate that? The numbers are …