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Family Budgets Bear the Burden

We’ve heard a lot about how the Federal Budget Deficit may or may not be impacted by the health care reform...

Family Budgets Bear the Burden
posted on: Oct 12, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

Lipstick on a Pig

Like my grandfather used to say, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.” This week, we saw the...

Lipstick on a Pig
posted on: Oct 9, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

Family Budget Buster

According to the Congressional Budget Office Report, “An Analysis of Premiums Under the Chairman’s Mark of the...

Family Budget Buster
posted on: Oct 7, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

The Real Cost of Change

Okay, we’ve heard the rhetoric from both sides of the health care/insurance reform debate. We’ve heard...

The Real Cost of Change
posted on: Sep 26, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

The Lightening Rod Strategy

Take a moment and look at virtually any structure with significant height; multi-story buildings, water towers, or...

The Lightening Rod Strategy
posted on: Sep 23, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

Oops – We Read it Again

Last Friday, President Obama had a press “cattle-call” at the White House, inviting correspondents from selected...

Oops – We Read it Again
posted on: Sep 22, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

A Very Slippery Slope

President Obama is right when he says that HR3200 has no language that implements a “Death Panel”.  What he omits...

A Very Slippery Slope
posted on: Sep 20, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

Thanks but No Thanks

Scottish-born British lawyer and writer Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee (1747-1813) is generally attributed...

Thanks but No Thanks
posted on: Sep 16, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

We Will Be Heard

They were accused by the White House of being an angry “birther mob” (1). They were accused by the Speaker of the...

We Will Be Heard
posted on: Sep 14, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

A Thank You that is Long Overdue!

Lost in the debate over health care reform are the men and women who tirelessly devote themselves to caring for you...

A Thank You that is Long Overdue!
posted on: Sep 11, 2009 | author: Bill Francis

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