Some sad news from Debit: Today I made the appointment to have Walter put to sleep. He’s been increasingly unsteady and slower to get up and move around. My vet upped the dosage on his current pain meds, but it was clear that Walter’s pain was not significantly eased. But he was still happy, still …
LEP and the Duck test?
Update #1: From a former clerk for Chief Justice Roberts: @donaldhtaylorjr @bjdickmayhew Strikes me as a minimum price regulation, of an insurer already in the market. So should be fine under NFIB — Stephen E. Sachs (@StephenESachs) March 9, 2017 Original Post Does the Late Enrollment Penalty (LEP) in the AHCA pass the duck test …
Good Feelz Open Thread
LAO sent me some photos of beloved rescue Maggie (her original story is here) and I thought we could all use a nice reprieve from everything else. You will see she has injured herself, though LAO assures me it is non-life threatening and: I note for the record, Maggie is working her injured paw for …
The first cut is the deepest
I bet she won’t be voting for Trump again, but in the meantime let’s protect the health care of people in this situation: After voting for the first time at the age of 55, for Donald Trump, Martha Brawley is worried that the main issue that brought her to the polls, health insurance coverage, is …
In the wee small hours of the morning
A bill so great it needs to be pushed through when everyone is asleep! The House Ways and Means Committee voted 23 to 16 to advance the American Health Care Act shortly before 4:30 a.m. Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) called the move historic and praised President Trump, who has vowed to counter resistance to …
Context in Arkansas Medicaid
Last night in the open thread, Rikyrah asked about what was going in Arkansas’s Medicaid program. It looks bad, but what is happening? The governor’s proposal would lower the income requirement for Medicaid eligibility from 138 percent of the federal poverty level to 100 percent. That change would reduce the income cutoff for an individual …
On The Road
Good Morning All, This post is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their transient …