Here’s what Woodstock resident Susan Handelsman found: Healthcare.gov premiums 23%+ higher in 60098 (Woodstock) than in Chicago 60602 Male age 50 median income $58,000 earner, CHEAPEST BRONZE PLAN, minimum $6000 deductible: ZIP CODE: 60602 (Chicago) vs. 60098 (Woodstock) SEX: Male … Continue reading
That is what the Chicago Tribune is reporting. There are policies of some plans, however, from Blue Cross, for instance, in which increases will be as low as 5.4%. Details are in the Tribune article. = = = = = … Continue reading
People are surprised when they learn that congress critters has better medical coverage than Obamacare. The last person to mention that fact expressed outrage. Now it appears as if President Donald Trump is threatening to remove that very special privilege. … Continue reading
A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Before reading it, please know that I have tried to discover if there are still three FBI squads aimed at political corruption. United States Attorney’s Office in Chicago Creates New Unit to … Continue reading
Concurrent with its Rummage Sale, the First United Methodist Church is hosting the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile this Thursday at the corner of West Crystal Lake and Dole Avenues. From 9-4, kids without private health insurance will be provided free … Continue reading
Here are the numbers that the McHenry County Board’s Human Resources Committee will be considering next Thursday at 8:15: Here are the coverage changes being proposed: Here is additional information on available accidental coverage: … Continue reading
After at least an hour and a half of public comment and fifteen minutes of power point information from the school board’s side, the McHenry High School Board and its teacher union went back into negotiations behind closed doors. According … Continue reading
In the last Republican Primary election two candidates campaigning on not taking pension and health benefits. They were District 1 candidates Andrew Gasser and David Stieper. Gasser won the primary and the election, while Stieper lost to incumbent Republican Robert … Continue reading
Saturday in the Northwest Herald, Paul Serwatka, running to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon, along with three others, started it out. He announced that he would not accept a pension or health benefits, if he won the election. Saturday, I … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board has provided a really, really good health care program for its employees and themselves. It is so good that the magazine Governing features McHenry County, along with Boston, in an article about the extra cost imposed … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam: Chairman Roskam Demands Answers from HHS on Erroneous Obamacare Tax Credits WASHINGTON, DC—Friday, Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Peter Roskam (R-IL) sent a letter to HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services … Continue reading
A communication from Congressman Randy Hultgren: In case you missed it, in light of recent allegations of abuse at the VA, Rep. Hultgren is calling for all veterans in the 14th District who may have been mistreated or ignored by … Continue reading
When New Gingrich visited the Lake in the Hills Airport for a rally right before the Illinois Republican Primary Election in 2012, one of his “big ideas” was to unleash private medicine on the backlog of Veterans’ medical needs. Now … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Peter Roskam, who represents Algonquin Township in McHenry County: Roskam Invites Hoffman Estates Women Who Lost Health Insurance Under Obamacare to State of the Union Address WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-06) announced … Continue reading
The United States Senator who put the McHenry County Board’s Stimulus loan for the McHenry County SportPlex on the national map in his 2010 Wastebook has announced he is retiring at the end of the year. That’s what the National … Continue reading
That’s not the whole picture, but it is the part of the United Health Care plan that stuck out the most. There is a $47.56 a month premium in addition to whatever retired educators are payoing for Medicare. Prescription drugs … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Randy Hultgren: Hultgren Supports Keep Your Health Plan Act Washington, DC — U.S. Representative Randy Hultgren (IL-14) has co-sponsored the Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013, H.R. 3350, to protect Americans whose plans have … Continue reading
It’s unlikely that many, if any, current members of the Illinois General Assembly know it, but their delaying pension reform past the end of June benefited about half of their retired colleagues. Who won? Those with birthdays in the first … Continue reading
The Republican who ran first in the GOP Primary Election last March has become the target of the only Democrat running for the McHenry County Board in District 3, which runs from southern McHenry all the way north to the … Continue reading
Dated August 11th, with a stamped July 31st signature from Sheriff Keith Nygren, the man who fired him, a settlement agreement has authorized the payment for the time Zane Seipler was off work, plus medical expenses that would have been … Continue reading
