The in box. More reports on problems with UnitedHealthcare.
Fred, It’s not just in Florida. Here’s an article from a few days ago reporting that the same thing is happening in Rhode Island: http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131021-unitedhealthcare-dropping-r.i.-doctors-from-medicare-advantage-network-poll.ece A week or so ago, they also dismissed a large number of providers in Connecticut: http://video.foxnews.com/v/2749230817001/u
United-health Care’s Medicare Advantage practices in Florida raise eyebrows in Illinois.
United-Health Care won the bid to be a Medicare Advantage provider in Illinois. The decision impacts state retirees who are Medicare eligible. So it caused many eyebrows to be raised when it was reported that United-Health Care’s AARP Florida Medicare Advantage plans are dropping patients with little notice. The United-Health Care Medicare Advantage Illinois state retiree plan is unique to state r
The in box. Kadner: John Cullerton is right.
It ought to be noted that neither Cullerton nor Martire is saying that pension funding deficits are not a problem. They are. They’re just not an “imminent” problem while the annual budget deficits are. Gov. Pat Quinn really hasn’t helped things by holding news conferences to stress that the pension crisis is the most important problem facing this state. If the Legislature doesn’t achieve pensi
Ted Cruz is right about Obamacare.
Ted Cruz is covered by his wife’s (pictured here) Goldman Sachs health insurance. I recently received a comment to a blog post criticizing me for having little patience for those who disagree with me. I gave this criticism some thought, as I always do. I decided the writer had a point and I need to try and be a more tolerant person. For example, I have had little patience for the Texas Tea Party
The in box. The Mayor’s budget address and his attack on the public good.
GRASSROOTS COLLABORATIVE 637 S. DEARBORN, THIRD FLOOR CHICAGO, IL 60605 www. t h e g r a s s r o o t s c o l l a b o r a t i v e . o r g PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2013 Contact: Nathan Ryan, Communications Organizer, 920-445-3920, nathan@thegrassrootscollaborative.org Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Budget Address Continues Status Quo Instead of Addressing Growing Inequality CHICAGO -I
The Chicago way.
. To truly understand Chicago and Illinois politics it is helpful to watch The Godfather. One and two. Not three. I never liked three. The first thing to understand is that there is no moral center to any of it. Abe Vigoda played Tessio. When it is discovered that Tessio has betrayed the Corleone family he turns to Tom Hagen, the Corleone family consigliere and asks that his life be spared. “Tell
10-23-13 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Blogging without my laptop.Halfway between Springfield and Chicago my cell rings. It is the security guy from the Abraham Lincoln Hotel. I had stayed there last night for the Illinois Retired Teachers Association meeting. I left my laptop back in my hotel room. Shit! Do I need to turn around to go bac
