Late yesterday evening, Republicans in the Senate took the first step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. The vote which passed 51-48, sets in motion a budget reconciliation process that will allow Congress to repeal certain aspects of the law specifically those having to do with taxation and funding. Repealing the entire […]
Slacker Health Improves Patient Experience
I created a new website – SlackerHealth.com – focused on bringing together services to improve the patient experience. After spending most of my 20+ years in healthcare, I’ve seen how many gaps there are in the industry. It’s especially true in the delivery of patient services. And while technology innovation in many industries serves to lower […]
Changed Email Service Provider
If you’re an email subscriber, you may have noticed that I recently changed my email service provider. Previously, I wrote a post discussing the challenges I was experiencing with my prior email service provider a while back. At that time, there were some things that I just couldn’t get my old solution to do in the way […]
December Employment Weaker Than Expected
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly employment report last Friday. I have been tracking the BLS employment data for many years and have been writing about it on Financial Slacker. In prior articles, I discussed how one indicator of the health of an economy is the employment growth rate of that economy. […]
Video of the Week: New Swimming Record?
As a swim parent, I just had to share this. Georgia Tech Men’s Snow 4X50 Relay What happened when the Georgia Tech swim team got snowed in to their hotel and their meet at Virginia Tech was cancelled.
Drowning in Email: What is the Solution?
I am drowning in email. At the moment, there are 225 unopened emails in my account. There’s also at least 4 times that many sitting there in my multiple inboxes waiting for some action. I have four separate main email accounts that get used regularly. There’s also a bunch that get forwarded to one of […]
