Today is the 17th day of the month of the flood (as “mourned” in my religion). The month of Cheshvan is the month where the rainstorm managed to cover the Earth with water. 365 days later (one solar year- not a lunar year, which was the normal calendar mode of the times), the water had receded and the land was dry. Noach (Noah) wanted to know if it was safe to exit the ark. So, he sent out a raven.
I recently “met” this interesting fellow, just entering what used to be called middle age. He writes about some interesting stuff. Last week (as of this writing; so by the time this is published, it’s probably last month), he wrote about turning his fiscal life around.
Continue reading Get Out of Debt
Let’s be totally clear. I don’t expect this bill to pass the House and the Senate. At least not as it’s currently written. But, y’all should know what are the current thoughts. (I’m being generous here, since so many have no idea what’s in this bill, and that’s for representatives from BOTH parties. Note further that this was written on 2 November 2017.)
Continue reading Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. That’s their lie, not mine.
Open Season starts next Wednesday. Yup. I’ve warned you for the past two months to make sure that you knew your password and all your information was up to date. Because starting next Wednesday, it’s going to be crunch time.
Today is the first day of the secular new year of 2016. Which means you probably are making sure you keep your New Year’s Resolutions. (I make my personal resolutions in September/October, when the Jewish New Year rolls around. My corporate KPI [key performance indicators] are evaluated three or four times a year to make sure we’re measuring the right things.)
Continue reading Happy New Year!
We were working with a new client, helping to set up the systems and find the employees it will need to make the venture a success. During one of the discussions on direction and attitude, the client voiced that our Jewish values were truly helpful. I, for one, did not consider these to be innately Jewish- especially since my business partner of decades agreed with these “credos”- and he is a Southern Baptist. Moreover, I believe every person and company (every company is really a collection of individuals with a common mission) needs to espouse values or credos such as these to succeed. It has nothing to do with one’s religion.
Continue reading Leading Values
You know it. You’ve been told that you should turn off your electronic equipment 30 minutes (at least) before you go to sleep. To help your brain get ready for sleep.
So, it’s the day after Easter and now Chol Hamoed Pesach (the intermediate days, where work is permitted). “So what?”, you say.
Continue reading The best laid plans of mice and men…
Yesterday, we discussed indemnity, catastrophic, and conventional health care plans. One of the primary reasons to have a health care plan is to be able to get lower prices for each service that may be needed. Without such a plan, you pay what the provider wants- or get sued. The difference in pricing can be 90%. It is routine for me to see an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) detailing a bill that came in as $ 7244, was considered to be $ 1200 once reduced by my insurance carrier, and for my share of the costs to be only $ 50 or so.
Continue reading Isn’t there an easier way?
Oh, I know, you’ve heard that some folks’ insurance bill have escalated. I will not deny that changing from a catastrophic-coverage plan to a real health care plan is not more (even much more) expensive- but in the grand scheme of things for all citizens, that is not a big change. Because most Americans get their health care insurance at work.
Continue reading Indemnity my a..
