Author Archives: dave@cunixinsurance.com

Mitch Could Save Your Access To Health Care

Posted on October 20, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

Your Congressman, your insurance agent, and both of the major party candidates for president have something in common.  We all sound as if we are talking about your health.  The subject is a part of the non-stop political commercials flooding … Continue reading →

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When Failure Is Not An Option

Posted on October 9, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

I completed both the Sudoku and the crossword puzzle from today’s newspaper.  I tackle these puzzles each day at breakfast and finish them, if I have a chance, later in the day.  The puzzles become more successfully challenging as the … Continue reading →

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Assessing The Risk

Posted on September 10, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

The Merriam-Webster definition of insurance is: …coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril The steps are always the same whether we are talking about life or car … Continue reading →

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Trump Draws A Lucky Ten

Posted on August 23, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration a gift this week.  The Court ordered oral arguments for the Trump-backed Texas Lawsuit to begin on November 10, 2020, one week AFTER the election.  This allows Donald Trump to claim to be … Continue reading →

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Special Delivery

Posted on August 16, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

A recent study led by Stacie Dusetzina, PhD, published in Health Affairs, found that Medicare Part D (Rx) plans encouraged the use of generic medications over the name brand drug.  The senior citizen pays significantly less for the generic equivalent.  And the best deals … Continue reading →

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Just Politics?

Posted on July 29, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

Otto von Bismarck is credited with “Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best”.  The goal is not to posture and make noise.  The goal is to govern and get things done.  … Continue reading →

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Picking Your Battles

Posted on July 11, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) knew that she was going to have a tough reelection race.  It was 2012 and Missouri had taken a turn to the right.  Mitt Romney was going to beat President Obama.  The key would be to … Continue reading →

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Construction vs. Destruction

Posted on July 2, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

Ronald Reagan famously said that the most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”.  The line garnered laughs and applause whenever he delivered it.  We’ll never know who wrote the quip … Continue reading →

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It Was All A Game

Posted on June 26, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

The Washington Post, CNN, and other news organizations published long, in-depth articles about the 2017 Republican tax bill.  The most cynical man in Washington, Mitch McConnell, needed to find extra money for his tax cut.  And, of course, neither Mitch … Continue reading →

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Paper Mache Armor

Posted on June 6, 2020 by dave@cunixinsurance.com

Our Governor, Mike DeWine, is on TV with Dr. Amy Acton, the Director of Health, almost every day.  The Ohio House and Senate are in session and working.  Having our government working for us could be a good thing.  There … Continue reading →

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