Wal Mart is offering 124 generic drugs highest paid actor covered drugs available here ) at $4 for a month's supply. Today's news features people tripping over themselves describing how this really isn't that big of a deal . Criticisms range from the fact that it will 'only' help the uninsured (because people with insurance already have low copays) to this quote, taken from the article linked above, "I think people are going to be disappointed when they go into the stores and find out their drug isn't there." Well, hopefully, people who go to the store and find out their drug isn't there will ask their doctors to prescribe something else. Or, even better, doctors who treat uninsured patients will take price into consideration and prescribe an equivalent generic that is covered by the plan. But that would be bad. Why? Because the real argument has nothing to do with cheaper drugs and more to do with the fact that some people hate Wal Mart just for being Wal Mart. In this story about providing $4 generics to everyone, Wal Mart's employee benefit package is called into question: "critics argue that Wal-Mart's coverage calls for a deductible that requires workers to pick up the first $1,000 in medical expenses, and the deductible rises to a maximum of $3,000 for families." What isn't mentioned is that this plan is one of several options being offered to Wal Mart employees. High deductibles mean that a single person working for Wal Mart can purchase this insurance for under $25 per month.

here's another piece i had in last friday's irish times . it's about the mobile dot mobi domain and an interview i did with their uber-enthusiastic ceo neil edwards. The mission of dot mobi, backed by a consortium of the world's leading mobile operators, is to establish its internet domain as the address of choice for businesses to locate their mobile websites, writes John Collins Despite the best efforts of Ireland's skilled technology workers, this State's favourable corporate tax regime is still one of the prime reasons so many of the world's leading technology companies choose to locate European headquarters here. So when a consortium of some of the world's leading mobile operators and technology companies, including Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile and Vodafone, was seeking a global headquarters for the dot mobi mobile internet address it was establishing two years ago, Dublin was at the top of the list. "When the company was founded, quite honestly Ireland was picked because of tax reasons," explains Neil Edwards, the dotcom veteran who moved to Dublin to become chief executive officer of dot mobi. "There were also some ideas that there might be some good talent in Ireland and there might be some benefit in doing that, but the reality was that it was the tax antispam software ate.

From the ident.tv blog I picked up this free new jersey credit report unny ABC TV ident . Congrats to Sydney agency Host for thinking this one up. Great ending!

Why is our Mayor hiding behind Neil Giacobbi? Come to think of it, who is Neil Giacobbi? Here's a funny story about Michael Bloomberg. The Parks1 campaign wants to enable its supporters to email the Mayor. But his re-election website won't give an email address. You have to fill out a form. So I did. I asked if they'd start posting events. And Neil Giaccobbi wrote back. So, his being the only address I had to communicate with CREEM (the customer relationship management product ommittee to Re-Elect the Mayor), I used it on the Parks1 site. Is Neil the right guy? Not necessarily. But our Communications Director did receive this email back from him: "Ms. Daly, I am inquiring about the posting on your web site that references Mayor Bloomberg (http://www.parks1.org/candidates) You listed my email address. I can direct you to an appropriate person within the campaign for comment. But, I did not supply that statement nor do I deal in matters of policy and the press. Sincerely, Neil Giacobbi" Which means soon the Mayor can hide behind the appropriate policy rep. And it means that people have trying to write to the Mayor about our parks.

From the ident.tv blog I picked up this funny ABC TV ident . Congrats to Sydney agency Host Denon PMA or thinking this one up. Great ending!

Wal Mart is offering 124 generic drugs (covered drugs available here ) at $4 for a month's supply. Today's news features people tripping over themselves describing how this really isn't that big of a deal . Criticisms range people relationship dating rom the fact that it will 'only' help the uninsured (because people with insurance already have low copays) to this quote, taken from the article linked above, "I think people are going to be disappointed when they go into the stores and find out their drug isn't there." Well, hopefully, people who go to the store and find out their drug isn't there will ask their doctors to prescribe something else. Or, even better, doctors who treat uninsured patients will take price into consideration and prescribe an equivalent generic that is covered by the plan. But that would be bad. Why? Because the real argument has nothing to do with cheaper drugs and more to do with the fact that some people hate Wal Mart just for being Wal Mart. In this story about providing $4 generics to everyone, Wal Mart's employee benefit package is called into question: "critics argue that Wal-Mart's coverage calls for a deductible that requires workers to pick up the first $1,000 in medical expenses, and the deductible rises to a maximum of $3,000 for families." What isn't mentioned is that this plan is one of several options being offered to Wal Mart employees. High deductibles mean that a single person working for Wal Mart can purchase this insurance for under $25 per month.