Wednesday, October 9, 2013

10-9-13 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.:





CMS posts latest information. Not much information.
Perhaps you could tell your readers that CMS just posted this latest information.  I’m copying it fyi.  Note that if specific information isn’t forthcoming until the end of the month, retirees have just about a month to digest all the information, check with their medical providers to see if they accept one of these plans and make an informed decision.  I just talked to two friends, smart, in two



Retiree complaints about CMS continue to mount.
As we reported here in our continuing coverage of the latest demands for dependent eligibility documentation, CMS has delayed the requirement for an IRS transcript because of the Republican shutdown of the federal government. But complaints from retirees are continuing to mount. The Springfield Journal Register is reporting that state representatives are being hit with phone calls. Most of the com

Chicago BOT chief, Patrick Arbor. “My word is my bond.”
Thirty-year tax cheat and former head of the Chicago Board of Trade, Patrick Arbor (2:49 on the video). “My word is my bond,” says former Chicago Board of Trade President Patrick Arbor. We will get back to Patrick Arbor and his words in just a few minutes. But first a quick mention of Archer Daniel Midlands, the industrial food giant that is trying to heist millions of dollars in tax breaks from




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.: How much does a pig weigh?  The Miami Heat’s Shane Battier. A joke: A biologist, a chemist, and a statistician are out hunting. The biologist shoots at a deer and misses five feet to the left. The chemist takes a shot and misses five feet to the right. The statistician yells, “We got ‘em!” Anne and I