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The Changing Healthcare World Medicare Rate Shock Obamacare’s Silver Lining Everyone Pays Providers Under Pressure Medical ThunderDome How to Lower Healthcare Costs Unhealthy, Not Wealthy, and Far from Wise San Francisco, Portland, Jersey Shores, and New York “The first wealth is health.”...
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GDP Shocker: a Drop of 2.9%! The New Normal of Healthcare Spending Why Healthcare Spending Went Down Muddle Through Economy Redux The Frontiers of Life Extension Science The Strategic Investment Conference Presentations Nantucket, New York City, Maine, and San Antonio A rather interesting shockwave came...
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On Being a Professional Worrier The Healthcare Blues China, Japan, and a Few Rocks Stupid Sequestrations Whiteboard Fun Argentina, Cambodia, Singapore, Humiliation, and Homeless It has been some time since we peeked into my worry closet. A few questions this weekend prompted me to think about things...
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How do we resolve the current political gridlock over healthcare, the economy, and a myriad of other problems? It is clear that there are no easy solutions, and putting off making choices will just make the ultimate cost we pay that much more expensive. This week for our Outside the Box we deal with...
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Health-Care Realities The Chinese Renminbi is Going Down, Not Up First, Let's Lower the Bar They Need to Borrow How Much? Really? Irish Eyes Are Not Smiling La Jolla, New York and a Forbes Cruise China's currency is rising ever so slowly against the dollar. But is that hurting China? We will...
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What will be the effects of ObamaCare? My friend Lisa Cummings, an expert on employee benefits (she was one of the first employees at Dell and was a senior exec at Wal-Mart), has analyzed the bill; and from what she tells me it appears to be one big pile of unintended consequences and costs. It will...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Collapse of Employer-Provided Health Insurance The “Grandfather” Exemption to Be Denied For Many What Happens if Your Plan is Not Grandfathered? Obama’s Spin on the Grandfather Controversy Union Healthcare Plans Grandfathered No Matter What Health Insurance Requirements...
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Your Daily Profit June 23, 2010 *****Earnings are Coming *****Stocks Fairly Valued? *****Oil Prices Fellow investor, FedEx (NYSE:FDX), Walgreen's (NYSE:WAG), Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) – these companies all recently missed quarterly estimates. It's a disparate group of companies, but one could...
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This week we have a really counter-intuitive Outside the Box. I was talking with the editor of Breakthrough Technology Alert, Patrick Cox about health care costs and he made some very interesting observations from new research about health care. It seems healthy people pay more for health care than sick...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Editor's Note: About Last Week's Letter The Economy – What to Expect Going Forward Stocks & Bonds – What Lies Ahead? Speaking of “Faith”… What About the CBO? Editor's Note: About Last Week's Letter I felt really bad about sending out last...
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IN THIS ISSUE: Obama’s Latest Healthcare Proposal Details Obama Implores Congress to Use “Reconciliation” Do the Democrats Still Have the Votes? The Issue of Reapportionment & Redistricting Why Democrats Have Lost the Public’s Trust Introduction Last Wednesday, President Obama...
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In This Issue: Reactions to the President's Healthcare Speech Omissions & Falsehoods In President Obama's Healthcare Speech A Re-Run of Clinton Nationalized Healthcare? Conclusions - So What Should We Think Now? Introduction President Obama addressed a rare joint session of Congress on September...
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IN THIS ISSUE: The Economy - More Signs of Recovery Is the Recession & Credit Crisis Over? Obama Adds $2 Trillion to Debt Forecast Economic Assumptions Still Too Optimistic What in the World Are They Thinking? Do They Want Control Even If It Ruins The Economy? Introduction In my June 16 E-Letter...
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Economics This Week’s Data The Fed released its latest Beige Book yesterday afternoon. While there remained a good deal of cautionary language, the Fed acknowledged that the data did suggest that the recession was nearing its end. Indeed, four of the twelve Fed bank regions showed an increase in...
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Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Your Daily Profit June 15, 2009 *****Summertime *****Buy the Rumor *****The Week Ahead Fellow Investor, Summer doesn’t officially start for a few more days. Tell that to the parents who are now getting their kids off to camp or getting ready for vacation. For...