If Jacko Had A Health Savings Account…

…he and General Ellisimo Francisco Franco would still be dead. 
High Deductible Health Plans with HSAs give their users/participants a fighting chance for a healthier lifestyle.  They represent a carrot AND a stick approach.  But they do not a represent a gun to one’s head.  The choice is ultimately the participant’s.  They can either be responsible [...]

Health Insurance and Life’s Inconveniences

Some real cool cat whacked my car a couple of weeks ago when it was sitting on the street. In addition to putting about a 12” x 12” tattoo on the side of my door broke my side view mirror off. Thanks for not leaving a note Jack.

Out in the Sticks with No Health Insurance Coverage

As luck would have it, the urgent care facility was outside of the Humana network, so I knew I was going to have to swallow one big fat horse pill of a bill.

On Fathers Day – “Yours Is The Earth And Everything That’s In It”

He was the guy leaning against the fence down the third base line on a hot summer’s day. A face in the crowd on a rainy day at some leaky gym in the city. A man standing in the freezing cold on the sideline of some Jr High gridiron two counties from home. Brilliance in simplicity.

The $1.6 Trillion CBO Health Care Reform Estimate – A Little More Than Loose Change

The CBO’s $1,600,000,000,000 estimated cost of the Kennedy sponsor, ed health reform plan this week threw a bit of cold water on the health care reform debate, and hopefully is beginning to wake our elected yahoos as well as the rest of us upto the seriousness of this debate.  Poorly considered and Governmentally executed programs generally [...]

Let’s All Pay Homage To The Health Care Fairy

To the average Joe or Joleen this entire health care debate is beginning to sound like what dogs hear when humans talk.  Blah, blah, blah, Free Health Care, blah, blah, blah.  I think folks think the government Health Care Fairy is going to flit in, sprinkle fairy dust, and they’ll be able to sleep at night knowing [...]

123 InkJets and $11.39 For Me And My Health Savings Account

So if you are trying to learn about Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) please pe, ruse the various blogs posted on this site or click on the links above and get an easy to understand education about HSAs.
If you are beyond the basic education and now trying to find creative ways to fund your HSA, then listen [...]

Free Our Health Care NOW! And Your HSA Can Help.

Since I stepped out of the Corporate morass a couple of years ago, I have become much more tuned in to my health and to reading my body.  No, I don’t have the Constitution tattooed on my body, I just pay closer attention to it.
While riding my bike this morning I was reading the latest edition [...]

The Easiest Way To Save Into Your HSA

 In “Courage Under Fire,” published in the current issue of  COLLOQUY, Rick Ferguson notes the following:
A recent survey by COLLOQUY Network Partner Loylogic of 4,000 loyalty program members representing more than 60 programs revealed that 66% of program members think their points and miles are more valuable during the current economic crisis.  The main attitudinal change lies [...]

My HDHP Premium Is $212 Per Month

When I stepped out from under the wing of the Mother Bird in 2006 I had pretty good insurance but I could not begin to tell you what I spent on health care each year or what the value of the policy was worth.  I bitched because I was having to pay more each year [...]