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Posts by Kevin Knauss on a variety of topics: health insurance, history, hiking, politics, LGBTQ+, railroads, plus whatever piques my interest.

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Sacramento Bee Guilty of Libel, C. K. McClatchy Contempt

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The Sacramento Bee remained defiant. They discerned, “If that be the law of the State, then no newspaper will hereafter feel safe in recording the facts connected with any man’s arrest until after he has been convicted.” They concluded, “If Mr. C. H. Gilman is banking on getting $500, or any other sum, from this paper, he had better postpone his hilarity until he hears from the Supreme Court, for certainly The Bee does not propose to permit this matter to rest here. The fight has only commenced.”

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What is a Medicare Advantage Plan?

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Medicare Advantage plans more closely resemble a traditional health insurance plan you may have had from your employer or individual and family plan. They have predictable copayments for many routine health care services such as office visits, labs, tests, and x-rays. Most Medicare Advantage plans include the Part D prescription drug coverage within the plan. For medical services, Medicare Advantage plans have a maximum out-of-pocket amount. Once the dollar amount is met, the Medicare Advantage plan covers all future medical services at zero cost to the plan member.

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Mormon Island Letters of Amos Catlin 1851 – 1852

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The one line of business Amos did try to explain was his investment in a steam engine for a saw mill. He thought the saw mill would produce him the most income, and he was proud of his investment. “The engine belongs to me, a beautiful 12 horse locomotive which cost me $3,000.” He then goes on to loosely explain the business arrangement and business proposition. We also learn that he was the main salesman for the operation.

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The California Mighty Oak Of The Leidesdorff Land Grant Dispute

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By today’s standards, it seems absolutely crazy that anyone would invest money in property or infrastructure when there was no clear title to the land and the State of California continually threatened to strip Folsom of his ownership of the Leidesdorff estate. But this was the state of California in the 1850s. Even before the untimely death of Folsom, he and other men were pushing forward with their development plans in Sacramento County. Folsom had been working with the Sacramento Valley Railroad to run a line from Sacramento to Negro Bar on the south side of the American River over the Leidesdorff land grant.

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Figuring out the New Coverage Gap of Part D Prescription Drug Plans

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All of the out-of-pocket drug cost the consumer pays goes toward pushing them through the coverage gap and potentially into the catastrophic phase. These costs would include any deductible, copayments and coinsurance of the initial coverage phase, and the 25 percent coinsurance in the coverage gap. However, in the coverage gap, the consumer’s accumulated dollar amount is credited with the drug manufacturers 70 percent discount on brand name drugs.

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The 1854 Fight to Move California’s Capital to Sacramento

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The regional newspapers started to sniff that the politics were changing and that there was a desire to vacate Benicia. The Stockton newspapers were advocating that the capital be located in Stockton. Senator Crabb presented a proposal offering the Stockton Court House, plus, the city would pay for the move. Crabb argued that the climate was the same as Sacramento, had river access, and as a bonus, also hosted the State’s Insane Asylum, where legislators could take a brief respite from their hallucinations of grandeur.

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Delta Dental Plan Cost Comparison Over A Five Year Period

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Under this scenario, when the member cost-sharing plus premiums are added together, the Delta Dental Gold plan was the least expensive. The plan costs were exactly the same for years 3, 4, and 5. It was the monthly premium that made the big difference. The Delta Dental Gold plan had a lower premium, and assuming all plans would inflate at the same rate, it will remain lower for the remainder of the enrollment.

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The Railroad That Broke Auburn

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After the battle to save the railroad was lost, Auburn went dormant. The town’s pride and pocket book had taken a severe beating. The only way to get out from underneath the $50,000 bond obligation was to dissolve the city. In 1868, Assembly bill 760, An Act to repeal an Act to incorporate the town of Auburn, was passed by both houses of the legislature.

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Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation and Covered California Notice

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Part of the confusion has been generated by the fact that Covered California added a special income field for reporting the federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (PUC) amount after many people had already enrolled. Some people enrolling shortly after they lost their jobs and employer-based health insurance due to the Covid-19 shut down, only entered their California unemployment insurance. Other households included both State and PUC amounts in one weekly amount or separate entries in the old Covered California income section.

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Should Negro Bar State Park Change Its Name? A Historical Perspective

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The experience of Black Americans and their contributions had been mere footnotes or commas in the printed saga of California of the 19th century. The visible traces of Black Americans of the Gold Rush are the names of places such as Negro Bar, Negro Hill, and the Negro Hill Ditch. Both Negro Hill and the ditch only exist on maps as Folsom Lake now covers both. Similarly, Negro Bar only partially remains above the high water of Lake Natoma.

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