CURIOSITY? Mental Buzz!

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Curiosity is the itch you can’t scratch, the mental mosquito buzzing in your brain. It’s what makes you click on “One weird trick” articles and peek into your neighbor’s shopping cart. This insatiable desire to know drives innovation, learning, and sometimes, regrettable internet searches. Like a cat with nine lives, curiosity keeps us exploring and questioning, even if it occasionally leads us to the wrong conclusions.

So, according to Dan Ariely PhD, go right ahead, embrace your inner Sherlock Holmes, and keep asking “Why?”

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DAILY UPDATE: Anthem BCBS Controversy as Stock Markets End Flat

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Stocks ended the session little changed on Friday despite Broadcom’s (AVGO) jump to all-time highs driven by the chipmaker’s bullish AI-fueled sales forecast.

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) closed flat while the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite (^IXIC) gained 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) slipped 0.1%

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The fight between payers and anesthesiologists isn’t over, despite Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) reversing plans for a policy that would put time limits on commercial claims for anesthesia coverage. The policy would have set a time limit for claims by procedure, with the exception of maternity and pediatric care, in New York, Connecticut, and Missouri starting next year. It called for providers “requiring more time than set or recommended by these standards” to undergo the insurance company’s claim dispute process in order to get paid, according to a statement Anthem provided to FOX61 in November.

The plan received backlash from everyone, from anesthesiologists to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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MERCHANT: Cash Advance Loans

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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A Merchant Cash Advance is a specific type of convoluted financial agreement that lets the issuer bypass laws that limit interest rates on business loans. They are almost always targeted toward companies in dire financial straits that have nowhere else to turn to in order to get loans.

These loans have most often been compared to the business equivalent of a payday lender. 

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