| Above the Fold |
October 10, 2011 |
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| CLASS dubbed 'zombie' plan to cut deficit |
| By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
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They're calling it the zombie in the budget. It's a long-term care plan the Obama administration has put on hold, fearing it could go bust if actually implemented. Yet while the program exists on paper, monthly premiums the government may never collect count as reducing federal deficits...Read more |
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| Today's News |
| Pain of job crisis goes well beyond the unemployed
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By Paul Wiseman |
Unemployment has been stuck near 9 percent since the recession ended more than two years ago. The jobs report for September on Friday sent the clearest signal to date that the crisis will last through next year's elections...Read more |
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| HHS sees full speed ahead for state exchanges |
| By Elizabeth Festa |
| State health care exchange plans still must be in place for approval by Jan. 1, 2013, but the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will help support the process operationally as states move toward exchange certification, according to Amanda Cowley, acting director for state health exchanges, for HHS's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...Read more |
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| The Pulse |
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| Hello, free birth control; goodbye, religious freedom |
| By Kathryn Mayer |
| Birth control—and all medication for that matter—is a personal decision. It should remain personal, and not be another thing for the taxpayer to pay for—as much as I'd love them to pay for all my medication regarding each one of my health issues...Read more |
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| Overheard on BenefitsPro |
 I know it's all macro with the CBO scoring of PPACA but it really makes you wonder how much they can miss once you start designing an actual plan with substance. Will it be skinny or will it be fat (but yet called skinny)? That is the question.
-- GMiller, Feds to design health care for the masses |
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