Beyond the Sticker Price: The Real Way to Calculate Your Obamacare Costs
I still remember the sting of that $4,000 lesson. As a newly self-employed analyst, I was navigating the Affordable Care...
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The Missing Keystone: Why Mississippi’s Healthcare System is on the Brink and How a New Perspective Can Save It
Part I: The View from the Unfinished Bridge Introduction: A Policy Analyst's Frustration and a Father's Fear For years, I...
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The Affordable Care Act: A Comprehensive History of Its Passage, Implementation, and Enduring Impact on American Healthcare
Introduction The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed into law on March 23, 2010, represents the most significant...
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Beyond the Gatekeeper: How I Escaped the HMO vs. PPO Trap and Found a Smarter Way to Health Insurance
The Advisor's Dilemma: A Broken Compass in a High-Stakes Maze Introduction - The Failure That Forced a Reckoning For more...
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The Poverty We See and The Poverty We Don’t: Why America’s Official Numbers Are a Lie and How a Clearer Lens Can Show Us the Truth
Part I: My Failure and the Flawed Lens Introduction: The Day My Data Died Early in my career as a...
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PPO vs. POS: A Journey Through the Health Insurance Maze to Find the Right Plan for Your Family
The Annual Ritual of Confusion The email arrived, as it did every autumn, with a subject line that filled Sarah...
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The Living Neighborhood: Why We Fail to Fix Poor Areas and How an Ecosystem Approach Can Succeed
Introduction: The Blueprint That Broke My Heart I began my career as a sociologist and urban planner with the kind...
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Below the Line: Why the Official Poverty Numbers Don’t Tell the Truth About North Carolina
Part I: The Day the Numbers Failed Me For fifteen years, my world was built on the elegant certainty of...
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The Health-Wealth Flywheel: My Journey from Open Enrollment Paralysis to Financial Power by Understanding the PPO vs. PPO/HSA Choice
In a Nutshell: Your Quick-Glance Decision Guide I know that when you’re staring down the barrel of a benefits enrollment...
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An Analysis of Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) Insurance Plans in California
Section 1: Understanding the PPO Model in the Context of California's Health Insurance Ecosystem Navigating the health insurance landscape requires...
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