Peace and Harmony: Capture them in your life, just as our Faithful Canine Companions do!

Peace.  Harmony.  They are yours in your life if you want them.

I originally published the post below in July 2016, but with all the violence and anger spewing about today, it's worth another read.

Your life ... including your emotional well-being ... is created in part by what you ... yes, you ... choose to focus and dwell on.  While there is much in life we cannot control, we CAN control our personal focus and values.  Personally, I always say a big no to negativity!  We can all make the world a better place, one little task or kind thought at a time.

Click on Sid's photo below to read the original post, and share your comments below.

Live in the present, as every day is truly a gift!  💕

Mary Rae Fouts

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Obamacare: Take away one of the program's taxpayer-funded subsidies, and here is what happens ...

Mary Rae Fouts

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Big Ben: Famous Clock Shut Down Four Years for Repairs

Bummer.  The world famous 157-year old Big Ben clock in London will be stopped for 4 years for repairs, beginning August 21.

Yes four years.  Four years without Big Ben's towering 315-feet (96 meters) presence, hourly bong, and quarterly chimes to remind you of the time.

Photo credit:  www.theguardian.com

What an environmental, and perhaps emotional, change for people in London who frequent Big Ben's area:  the silence of this stately and ever-present constant, Big Ben.  Not to hear Big Ben's majestic hourly bong, nor his more delicate quarterly chimes.  Not to see his magnificent hands rotating around his captivating face.  However, Big Ben's chimes will be made available for special events, including New Year's Eve.

Read more about this fascinating restoration project in this Guardian article.

Rest east, Big Ben, and look forward to your full return in 4 years!

Mary Rae Fouts

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Obamacare: What happens if people have no Obamacare health insurance choices?

Obamacare:  What happens if all insurance companies exit the Obamacare marketplace, and people have no Obamacare health insurance choices?

Good question, given the number of insurance companies fleeing the Obamacare marketplace, including Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.  With Anthem's Nevada exit, 17 Nevada counties currently have no Obamacare health insurance coverage choices for 2018.

And the answer?  Right now, no one knows. The Obamacare law (technically the Affordable Care Act, although the insurance coverage has proven to be anything but affordable for many people) is a mega 961 page document.  But nowhere ... nowhere ... does the law address remedies for consumers who are legally required to purchase Obamacare health insurance coverage, yet cannot do so because no insurance companies offer coverage in their area.

Yes, the politicians who drafted this law thought that scenario would never happen.  They thought insurance companies would be lining up outside the door to provide coverage in the Obamacare insurance exchange, when just the opposite is happening.  And remember, our politicians also assured us that Obamacare consumers would be able to keep their current doctors and health plan, with lower costs to us all.  Turned out to be a bold faced lie.

"If you like the plan you have, you can keep it.  If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too.  The only change you’ll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold."  -- President Barack Obama, June 6, 2009.

Concerns about Health Insurance or Related Obamacare Matters?

Mary Rae Fouts, EA, CFP^Ⓡ assists clients throughout the United States who have concerns about insurance, tax, and related financial issues.  For more information about Mary's fee-only Tax, Consulting, and Expert Witness Services visit Fouts Financial Group.  She welcomes your call at (925) 979-9972 or email to Mary@FoutsFinancialGroup.com.

Mary Rae Fouts

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Anthem pulling out of many Obamacare markets, including the entire state of Nevada.

What a mess.

If you have health insurance coverage through Obamacare (technically the Affordable Care Act), your coverage options continue to decrease, access to doctors and hospitals continues to decrease, while premiums continue to increase.  Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (Anthem Blue Cross in California) is fleeing the Obamacare marketplace, leaving some counties with no Obamacare insurance options in 2018.

Consumers deserve much better.  Obamacare is a mess, and has been from the start.

Click on the photo below for more information about Nevada's Obamacare plight.  I welcome your call or email if you have questions about health insurance matters.



Mary Rae Fouts

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