Lets see.... The median CEO salary + bonus = 1.1 million taxed at 35% = $715,000...  If you have a bad tax accountant.   Gosh, how am I ever going to live on $715k /year - whatever am I going to do?? (Yes, sarcasm).

**Eyeroll**  More young people are covered because they can stay on their parents insurance until they turn 26.  That went into effect at the beginning of 2012.  Before, you had to prove you were a student enrolled full-time to be on your parents policy.  Also, many 18-25 year olds are in jobs that don't provide health...more

There's some easy ways to reduce spending that wouldn't be too difficult to agree on.   On the defense side, there are programs/systems the military DOESN'T want, but are essentially earmarks for a district of a particular Congress man/woman. Furthermore, the U.S. spends far more on defense than other countries - we ...more

Hospitals are reimbursed by Medicare based on a "DRG", which is based on the average stay for a particular condition (actually less than average in my opinion).  They get paid the same amount regardless of how long someone stays in the hospital.  This is the case not only with Medicare, but with most other insurances n...more

I work in a hospital - and most of the time, those final weeks in an ICU or long-term care hospital are due to something minor that snowballs.  Starting with a simple cold or flu, that develops into pneumonia, that goes into multi-organ failure.  Underlying that is an 80 year old body who's kidneys, heart, liver, and l...more

Here's a hint - the ones that advertise the most aren't necessarily the best.  They're too busy spending millions of dollars on advertising rather than paying claims, having good customer service reps whom you can understand (no foreign accents!).  There are some exceptions, but not many.   I've been fortunate to ha...more

There's some easy ways to reduce spending that wouldn't be too difficult to agree on.   On the defense side, there are programs/systems the military DOESN'T want, but are essentially earmarks for a district of a particular Congress man/woman. Furthermore, the U.S. spends far more on defense than other countries - we ...more

The 2% cut never should have been put in place to begin with.  It was stupid.  I'd like to have Social Security when I retire since I've been paying in since I was 15.

There's some easy ways to reduce spending that wouldn't be too difficult to agree on.   On the defense side, there are programs/systems the military DOESN'T want, but are essentially earmarks for a district of a particular Congress man/woman. Furthermore, the U.S. spends far more on defense than other countries - we ...more