Last week the website Nerdwallet came out with a report on the most expensive U.S. cities for car insurance. Analyzing the data raises important questions about who is spending your money and whether you are getting the insurance protection you need? At the end of this post, please take the one-question survey. This survey will […]
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Finding the Best – It Should be Easy
Over the weekend the U.S. athletes Sage Kotsenburg and Jamie Anderson won gold medals in both the Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle snowboard competition. Their elegant jumping, twisting and turning made it easy for the judges to identify them as the best, and within minutes of completing their runs, the scores were in and the world […]
Quest for the Best Insurance Company
With the opening of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, athletes from around the world will be competing on a world stage in their personal quest to be designated as “the best.” Having attended the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City as a spectator, I am fortunate to have experienced how remarkable the Olympics […]
Healthcare.gov – Are They Stealing Your Identity?
I began tweeting my concerns over Healthcare.gov security issues back before the Injured Money website went live. These concerns peaked in October following the Healthcare.gov launch when online security experts reported the site to be suffering from serious security vulnerabilities. At the same time employees of both Health and Human Services (HHS) and CGI Group, […]
ObamaCare – Ready or Not? Only this Survey Knows.
ObamaCare – ready or not – is the law of the land. Considering only a small percentage of Americans were impacted with the changes that took place in our healthcare laws last week, this new law has certainly been charged with emotion and garnered numerous headlines. Having read the news clips with great interest, here […]
ObamaCare Facts, Please Stand-Up!
With the massive overhaul of healthcare in the U.S. based on the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, there has been a high level of political discord. Reports from both sides of the political aisle spin the story presenting it whatever way sounds best based on the political affiliation of the storyteller. The headline […]
ObamaCare Enrollment Deadline Extended
The enrollment deadline for ObamaCare was extended by another 24 hours, giving Americans until midnight, December 24 to enroll. Everyone who enrolls by this deadline will have insurance complying with the Affordable Care Act starting January 1, 2014. Who does this deadline impact? This impacts people who a) did not have insurance, or b) had […]
ACA / ObamaCare Enrollment Deadline
Tonight through midnight is the last opportunity to enroll in ACA / ObamaCare for coverage beginning January 1, 2014. In an effort to address the widely reported issues of plans being both expensive, and hard to purchase, the Obama Administration announced Friday that people whose insurance plans were cancelled can now purchase “catastrophic” coverage insurance. […]
Injured Money, and You
The book “Injured Money,” which tells the scandalous, true story — that’s too unbelievable to be fiction — of how some insurance companies behave when large claims are filed, is now also a website. The website, www.valchoice.com, is dedicated to providing unbiased, independent information for consumers buying insurance. Today, both the insurance industry, and […]