Tips for freelance success

5 Sure-Fire Routes to Freelancing Success Lynn Dixon, mashable.com In today’s shaky economy, freelancing is on the rise. In the U.S. alone, one in three workers are now doing freelance work. That’s 42 million Americans going without employer health insurance, 401(k) plans and flexible spending accounts.But it’s n… http://flip.it/xrdcp Related articles 5 Sure-Fire Routes to … Continue reading Tips for freelance success

Bits Blog: Car Insurance by the Mile

By QUENTIN HARDY, nytimes.com A California company is selling car insurance by the mile, using in-car sensors to log data. The longer plan is to have a running monitor of the car’s health. http://flip.it/iV6qk Bits Blog: Car Insurance by the Mile Related articles Car insurance prices 'start to fall' (bbc.co.uk)

The Cash-Only Doctors Club

  businessweek.com Concierge doctors don’t take insurance, but do make house calls. Once an option only for the rich, they may change health care for everyone RT @BW: Is concierge medicine the future of healthcare? | http://flip.it/0htzp #longreads http://flip.it/fHvQI The Cash-Only Doctors Club Related articles Paul Hsieh on Concierge Medicine (healthcarebs.com) Dear Congress: Listen to … Continue reading The Cash-Only Doctors Club

Brooklyn clinic provides direct care for freelancers

A Brooklyn Clinic For Freelancers Looks To Change The Insurance Industry BY KATHARINE GAMMON, fastcoexist.com The health insurance from the Freelancer’s Union has been a godsend to the city’s workers in the gig economy. Now it’s opened a brick and mortar doctor’s office where freelancers can go to get cutting-edge health care. In a brick … Continue reading Brooklyn clinic provides direct care for freelancers

How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually

    How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually Brian Fung, theatlantic.com   As we approach health-care system reform, a breakdown of our biggest losses   Every year, the Unit­ed States spends eight times as much money on unnec­es­sary health-care costs as the Pen­ta­gon spent for each year of its oper­a­tions in Iraq. … Continue reading How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually

Dan Roam: Explaining Healthcare Reform on a napkin

Due to the incredible complexity of our current healthcare reform and the challenges of explaining the need to reform it, Dan Roam has visualized it using a series of napkins... Clive Thompson on the Power of Visual Thinking | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles US Healthcare on a napkin (pharmastrategyblog.com) Drawing with Dan Roam … Continue reading Dan Roam: Explaining Healthcare Reform on a napkin

Whocalled.us: trace that caller

whocalled.us. Related articles Background Checks Do's and Don't's (kellybusinessadvisors.com) Background checks should be required for all gun purchases (bangordailynews.com) Info Quest, Inc. Unclear about Background Checks? (backgroundchex.wordpress.com) 3 Little Known Reasons Employers Ask for a Background Check (kellybusinessadvisors.com) Obama urges tighter background checks on gun buyers (news.yahoo.com) WhitePages' new Current Caller ID app is the … Continue reading Whocalled.us: trace that caller