AWESOME, Larry!

I recently made a comment about anger that is very similar to your message here. Anger is a gift — when someone you disagree with makes you angry, that anger sits inside of you and waits until you’re ready to learn the lesson buried within it.

It would say that Kiesha, a very proud wife and mother of 3, spent her life trying to help and improve the life of others. From the time she started working with kids at 17 yrs old, up until the day she died, she was always there to help you in any way she could. Some referred to her as their personal Angel, but most knew her as “Mama Ke”. Kiesha succeeded in what she believes God sent her here to do, which was to be a blessing in the lives of others! She will be dearly missed.

And no, it will not change when the real one comes because I’ll always be this way! 🙂

Interesting exercise!!!

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Why do we hold our “leaders” to a higher standard than we live ourselves? What crosses the line of morality for one doesn’t necessarily cross the line for another. Why do we except imperfections in ourselves but not others? I think we need to get back to basics. One thing that is missing from our society is accountability.

Larry, I would like to hear what you look for in a leader.

it would seem in today’s environment that we expect the people in office or running for office to be squeaky clean. But as humans they bring to the office the same human problems that the rest of the population experiences. It just that the media and citizens are not able to overlook what they see in themselves versions the person in office.

I believe the news media in all ways has gotten very one sided and does not care about the man or woman running to save us and our country but to sell news. SMUT SELLS unfortunately..I am 100 % in agreement with u on this Larry

Ralph

Hi Larry! Mark has thought about running because we need more business owners rather than lawyers running this country and he truly feels he could make a difference. But thinking about what the family would have to endure, you start wondering if it is all worth it? And quite honestly, there are alot of ignorant people out there that has tunnel vision and doesn’t see the whole picture. You can’t fix stupid and unfortunately, they are being brainwashed with media. Those who are “enlightened” see the course that has been laid out. If you choose to run, you would have our vote! Have a great day! 🙂

I believe that as long as you are a democrate and fit the media mold your past will never haunt you. Should you choose to run as a fiscial concervative something as small as a speeding ticket will be plastered on the front page. Our most recent election here in Indiana produced a Governor who refused to run a negative campaign, he choose instead to focus on the issues at hand. I believe all candidates deserve some vetting, however what they believe now, and where they stand on the issues before us now are far more important then mistakes made in their distant past.

This is a great message- thanks!

Hey Larry.
Excellent blog today!

My policy increased by 150.00 month. Expected to go up again when we renew in December. We were given the option of renewing at this increase or meet Obamacare requirements and having a $350.00 premium increase.We decided to renew at lower rate and figure out what to do over this year.

Well said, and I agree totally with every word you said , especially the part about the fact that people , many people who were very satisfied with the coverage they had, were forced to be moved to plans that they didn’t want, higher deductibles, more out of pocket costs to them and their families, lesser network then they had previously, and oh by the way an increase on average of actually 92% !!! Absolutely wrong both politically, who was behind this clearly, and certainly some of the blame on the Insurance carriers who did these things to their customers, most of which that were in Grandfathered plans, supposively, protected not to have to leave their plans, which not 1 of my 1,400+ clients had with Anthem BCBS, the most culpable of the carriers, wanted to do! The fact that these folks are now being forced to pay for services they either don’t want and need, yet because of these things like maternity coverage and Preventive Dental for kids 18 and under, which are nice, but not for people beyond the maternity years and have no kids under 19, and having to pay all these enormous increased costs and getting nothing for it! Healthy people are now being penalized for the rest of the unhealthy people who now have all guaranteed accepted policies, so they are also being charged more for that. Overall, it’s just not right for many people , who didn’t ask for or need any of this, yet are being penalized severely, because of an ego of a president who is trying to make a political statement for his legacy. He sucks, to put it bluntly, and has lied consistently, and if he was an owner or CEO of a company, he would have been long ago fired and probably by now been thrown in jail, where he belongs!!!

In spite of all the semantics on “Freedom”, those of us that are able should (admitted, my personal view of responsibility) , provide access to care, particular for the very young, old and unable. Most people don’t chose to need healthcare but when you do, should that ransom your life’s work up to that point? I don’t believe we should have an industry that sole function is to make a profit on the administration of health care. I would love to see a single payer administrator of health care and be done with the time and drama of choosing every year. Those of us that can will always be able to pay more for more personalized care if that’s our priority. Those of us that are unable will be happy to get competent care for their loved ones without losing their home and creditworthiness. I love capitalism. It’s allowed me to do better than most I know and lead a small force of people in pursuit of our trade. However, moderation in all forms, including the evil “socialism” in some arena’s makes sense to me. I’ll die one day and won’t be taking it with me so why not share while I can? You can’t help others if you con’t care for yourself. America needs to care for itself prior to presuming it can lead the rest of the free world. Sorry, said too much already. I just worry for my techs that have two kids and only make $25 an hour and want to own a home. Bleeding heart liberal capitalist.

It has affected sales here because there were many people who were kicked off their plan and couldn’t get on govt exchange. Consequently they could not make a commitment because they do not know what their payments will be.
Here on Long Island there is much confusion on not only health but Fema, NY Rising Program, and insurance companies because of Sandy. You just cannot get an answer…
Government has been the biggest obstructionist to small businesses here.
Until it hits peoples pockets (the ones that voted these people BACK in office) there will not be a change.

I swear this is the worst piece of legislation that has ever been written. Coupled with the fact that our representatives who voted for it aren’t required to use it and didn’t read it before they approved it, it’s obvious they are all out of control. The incentive to work harder is being squeezed out of the working man and that is half of this country. My gut tells me that there is a bigger plan and that this healthcare debacle is tied to future immigration legislation and/or corporate pocketlining with government (our) money. We are at a precipice and if we go off the forward edge, I believe life will change for all of us and not in a positive way. If we change course and ease back from this nonsense, morale will improve and hope will be reinstated for the American dream. The voting booth is the only peaceful way to get it done, but not the only way.

And to you Larry, you’ve stepped in it now. Politics has become a religion and I’m sure you understand how volatile religious arguments can become.

I hope your blog doesn’t devolve into a forum for discussion of “political religion.”

I work for a large multi-national company and still have employer provided health insurance. For 2014, my co-pay on the premium goes up by about 10% – not bad compared to the wihtering increases the individually-insured are experiencing this year (my salary will not go up 10%, so there is 10% that will not be circulating in the economy in 2014 – times how many people?? Do the math.) However I am bracing for what happens next year, when the mandate for employer provided health insurance stuff hits the fan. Many many more people will be directly hit by this devastating tsumai. The devastation to our economic system and way of life, not to mention personal liberty is only just beginning.

This is not about health care; it is about health insurance. Why does the federal government want to be in the health insurance business…hmmm??

The uninsured could have been provided insurance and care FAR less expensively, simply by addressing their need, not by taking over an economic system that was working for the large majority of people.

I will say that I am reasured to know that Larry, that you are now covered for pre-natal and birthing…you never know!

Hi Larry,
I keep hearing that the healthcare model is based on the one that we have in Canada, but it sounds very different. Here it is also mandatory, but employers don’t contribute at all. Premiums are about $150 a month and there is no deductible. Healthcare is also funded by a heavy tax on liquor and cigarettes, and probably income tax as well, so some of the cost is hidden. One further consideration though, is that the system here is very slow, with one to two year waits for surgeries, or tests like MRI’s.

God Bless America
Let’s let them know at the voting booths that we will not stand for this!
Get everyone you know to get their heads out of the sand and vote!

For one We are not FREE! To think so makes us just as dumb as the ones We elect. Two… working creates FREE or well its supposed too…God does the rest! They’re not putting God 1st; & they show ain’t putting the people second… We’re like last, last time I Checked.

Larry, I don’t typically respond to many broadcast emails, yours included. However this issue as well as the continued loss of the original intent of our founding fathers has me greatly concerned for the first time in my 50 years on planet earth about our nation.

Our founders were business owners, land owners, farmers and others vested in the direction of at that time the fragmented states of England. Note: they were Vested.

We as business owners are an easy target for bureaucrats, and must comply with all laws to stay in business. We are vested. It is now blatently evident that this administration as leaders are truly leaving the constitutional path established so long ago, by forcing us to follow their misguided lead in both the affordable care act as well as many other issues.

Other responses to your column ask how do we take back our government and political process? By engaging, leading, speaking, influencing, voting and doing what our founding fathers did as they left their businesses to attend conventions, town hall meetings and spread the word against tyranny.

So, it’s time to follow the constitutional documents and lead our families, churches, and others within out influence back to the constitutional origins of simple liberty, and keeping government out of our lives except as originally intended.

I’m in…..

Thank you Larry! This is no longer the home of the brave and land of the free. It seems as if the media has brain washed the mainstream & the enlightened few can see through the veil of ignorance and false promises. Our health insurance is no longer being offered, but a similar one was offered for double the monthly payment & with a deductible of $7500 per year which would be a $21,900 investment per year. Somehow Congress is OK with this. Maybe they are just not interested in getting re-elected in November. Anyone have any ideas on how to stop the insanity?

When the government fears the people there is liberty.
When the people fear the government there is tyranny.

This is a ludicrous post. No one promised free healthcare at any time during the debate. Additionally, no one who had employer sponsored health insurance had premiums increase by 60%, UNLESS the sponsoring company reduced their share of the premiums and shifted the cost burden to the employee. While it is true that insurance premiums increased this year, show me a year when they have not. Nor are the increases this year from the health insurance companies any higher than they have been in the last ten years. The real issue is businesses who do not offer health insurance to their employees are now required to offer insurance (50 employees or more), or gamed their own rules by defining full time employees as persons working more than 32 or 35 hours a week and did not offer insurance benefits to “part-time” employees. It is true that health COSTS to those companies who tried to game the system have gone up, but only because you are now required to offer health benefits to more employees, not because of some imaginary huge increase in health care premiums. As far as deductibles go, again this is a choice of the employer switching to high deductible or HSA plans, not anything mandated by the insurance companies. In the long run, health care cost will continue to rise, mostly because of an aging Baby Boomer population, not because millions more people will be on the insurance roles. If anything, the increase of people insured will slow rising health care costs by spreading those costs around and curtailing the usage of emergency rooms as PCP. Nice hysterics though

Today is a good day to reflect on this change message:

Even if you aren’t “free” to do what
you want on this holiday, you can
take comfort knowing a lot of folks
are free…from discrimination.

Happy MLK Day,
Right Brain