by Charles Buchanan | Jun 5, 2012 | Arkansas, Bella Vista, Con-Way, Department of Transportation, Highways, Joplin, Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis
By 2014 the Panama Canal will be doubling its capacity to carry significantly more and larger ships. What does that have to do with Missouri truckers? You’ll be surprised. Thousands of truckloads of freight come to the USA from China, Japan, and other countries in the Far East on huge container ships that are too [...]
by Charles Buchanan | May 13, 2012 | Cycle for Joplin, Dave duCille, Facebook, Joplin, Todd Greene, Twitter, Uncategorized
Todd Greene and Dave duCille are in the middle of an epic 1,500 mile bike ride from New York City to Joplin, Missouri. Todd and Dave are peddling half-way across the country to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Joplin’s horrific May 22, 2011 tornado and to raise enough money for storm shelters for 20 Joplin families. [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Apr 26, 2012 | Benefits, Federal law, Health, health insurance, insurance, Medicaid, medical care, Medicare, Uncategorized
This is the final segment on our series on health insurance. Our first two segments discussed How We Pay for Health Care and Understanding Health Insurance Coverage. In this segment we discuss The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) signed by President Obama in 2010. Understanding Health Insurance CoverageThe PPACA has been the subject of [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Apr 24, 2012 | Benefits, coverage, health insurance, insurance
In our prior post on health insurance, we gave an overview of the health insurance system in our country. In this post, we explain the different types of coverage and some common health insurance terms. Understanding Health Insurance CoverageHealth insurance comes in many shapes and sizes and involves confusing acronyms such as HMO, PPO, [...]
by Charles Buchanan | Apr 18, 2012 | Federal law, Health, insurance, Medicaid, medical care, Medicare
Health care is a complicated and politically charged topic in our country. Health care is one of the biggest challenges we face. The cost of health care threatens to bankrupt our country and prevents many from obtaining the care they need. Many developed countries provide health insurance to all their citizens and finance it [...]
