Monthly Archives: October 2007

I Can’t Get Enough Orit Arfa

This girl is stacked with wit and wisdom. She writes for the Jewish Journal (and there’s video!): Birthright Britney Some people ask me how I can possibly compare Britney to Israel, as I did in my parody of Chris Crocker’s … Continue reading

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Holocaust Survivor Gershon Walter Hepner – Poet, Physician, Scholar

On PoemHunter.com, Dr. Hepner (born May 5, 1938 in Leipzig, Germany, and has lived in LA for 30 years) writes: "I am a physician educated in England and living in LA. I am married to a brilliant poet, Linda, and … Continue reading

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Blue Shield Of CA Wins Appeal

Blue Shield of California just won an appeal against the California Association of Realtors. In April, an LA judge had blocked Blue Shield from cancelling health insurance coverage for its 8,000 members and their families. The appeals court overturned the … Continue reading

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Wellcare Health Plans Raided

FBI agents with state investigators raided the Florida heaquarters of Wellcare Health Plans this morning. Medicare HMO Fraud suspected. Wellcare is not saying anything. Its stock tanked. Medicare fraud enforcement is becoming a hot issue. From the WSJ: State and … Continue reading

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How Come Southern California’s Evacuees Display Such A Different Attitude?

Governor Schwarzenegger told Geraldo Rivera of Fox News Thursday morning it was because of the lessons learned from Katrina. I don’t buy that though it’s clear that Southern Californians got a higher quality of government response. The Katrina crowd seemed … Continue reading

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