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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 21:48 UTC

Help for 'uninsurables' mired in political battle

Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems. Truce in the health care wars? Not!

Seattle Times, 21.04.13 02:54 UTC

History, culture, distrust combined to defeat gun control effort

What began as an energetic effort to finally get something new on gun control on the books wound up last week in defeat after defeat, and the bill was finally pulled. There s no telling when it will return.


Daily Mail, 19.04.13 13:18 UTC

Give up satellite TV and don't go on foreign holidays, Irish homeowners filing for bankruptcy are told

PUBLISHED: 12:50 GMT, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:52 GMT, 19 April 2013 Irish debtors must give up foreign holidays, satellite television and feed themselves on eight euros (about £6.80) a day under ...


Seattle Times, 16.04.13 15:39 UTC

Health law could overwhelm addiction services

It has been six decades since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease that could be treated, but today the condition still dwells on the fringes of the medical community. Only 1 cent of every health care dollar in the United States goes toward addiction, and few alcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment. One huge barrier, according to many experts, has been a lack of health insurance.


Seattle Times, 12.04.13 17:17 UTC

Bosnian toothless gypsy's unlikely accolade

People in this Gypsy village say they will never forget the night they almost fell off their chairs two months ago.


Seattle Times, 09.04.13 22:39 UTC

Texas student insurance firm indicted in Va.

An indictment says a Texas company that provided health insurance to Virginia Tech students fraudulently overstated claims by more than $9 million to boost its profits.


The Register, 08.04.13 19:59 UTC

Tax man to take a bite of tech employees' free meals?

The free meals doled out by Silicon Valley titans such as Facebook and Google may soon carry an additional burden for employees: the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly weighing whether ...


BBC World News, 06.04.13 23:09 UTC

A Point of View: The foibles of four countries

American insularity, French insecurity, Canadian unexcitability, British embarrassment - Adam Gopnik on the inherent foibles of four countries close to his heart.


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