Rosh Chodesh Elul

September 2, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

Tomorrow, Shabat, is Rosh Chodesh Elul, a two day minor holiday. The first day, Shabat, is the anniversary of my eldest daughter’s bat mitzva. (I won’t say how many years!) Mazel tov, Shosh! Sunday, the second day, will be the 19th anniversary (called a Yahrzeit) of the death of my mom.

The Shell Game?

September 1, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 3 Comments

As I’ve reported, the health insurers and our employers have been shifting the health cost burden onto the insured over the past few years. And, now, given that many of the poor are on Medicare or subsidized Obamacare (PPACA) programs, it means that it’s pretty much just the the middle class that is feeling the pain of these cost shifts. (It is such a small amount of money to the rich that the change is not truly noticed by them.)

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