Above the Fold |
August 16, 2012 |
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Romney camp presses Medicare |
By Ken Thomas and Steve Peoples |
Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is staying on the offensive in the increasingly heated debate over the future of Medicare, the health care program relied upon by millions of seniors…Read more |
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Today's News |
Jobless aid apps up |
By Martin Crutsinger |
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits edged up slightly last week but remained at a level consistent with modest gains in hiring…Read more |
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Fewer employees living paycheck to paycheck |
By Amanda McGrory |
Forty percent of employees are living paycheck to paycheck, marking a decrease from 42 percent in 2011 and 46 percent in 2008 when the recession first hit, according to a new CareerBuilder survey…Read more |
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The Pulse |
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Overheard on BenefitsPro |
The real problem is...medical costs are too high for most people. The healthcare act is too new to have cause this and I have not heard a clear explanation of why costs exceed market capacity, but my own feeling is an excessive burden of high incomes on the product and service supply side (medical products manufacturers and hospital administration - and all of the fancy hospital and medical office building construction). If there were no healthcare legislation, many people would have to go without insurance and as a result, without care. The market would then collapse and physicians, hospitals, medical products suppliers and insurers would be pushed out of the market because so many could not afford them and would just die at home.
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