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Affordable Care Act's challenge: getting young adults enrolled
Arsine Sargsyan is 23 years old, healthy and uninsured. She chooses to forgo coverage for one simple reason: "I never get sick." Despite her reluctance, Sargsyan is exactly the type of person insurance plans, states and the federal government are...
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Medicare outlook improves as healthcare costs grow more slowly
WASHINGTON — In another indication of the impact of slowing healthcare costs, the federal government Friday upgraded its assessment of the financial health of the Medicare insurance program for the elderly and disabled. Medicare’s main trust...Tags: Paul Ryan, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Government Health Care, Kathleen Sebelius
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Tax increase looms for Greencastle-Antrim School District taxpayers
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comTaxpayers in the Greencastle-Antrim School District are facing a real estate tax hike next year, but just how much more they will be paying depends on how the Greencastle-Antrim School Board votes on Thursday. In May, the nine-member board passed by a...Tags: Elections, Realty, Politics, Budgets and Budgeting
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Ask Kim: How can I reduce retiree medical expenses
Kiplinger's Money PowerQ. Even though I'm retired and on Medicare, I still have a lot of out-of-pocket medical expenses. How can I lower my health care costs? A. Medical expenses are likely to be one of your biggest expenses in retirement. Fidelity estimates that the average...Tags: Insurance, Lifestyle and Leisure, Medicare, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Government Health Care
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With multigenerational housing, builders hope for suite success
The Charlotte ObserverFrom the outside, the new home in Waxhaw, N.C., doesn't seem all that different from the other houses on the street. But it has one major feature that the others don't: Inside this home is another one. It's folded into the main house so...Tags: Lennar Corp., Marketing, Charlotte, Washington, DC
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Small businesses skittish on borrowing
The Charlotte ObserverWhen businesses of all sizes feel good about the economy, they borrow, expand and add jobs. But to many small companies, this is seen as a time to avoid debt, which likely means they aren't growing. Wells Fargo and Bank of America have recently hired...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology
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The coming Obamacare disaster
Cal ThomasFor years I have been writing about the failures of the UK's National Health Service (NHS) as a warning for what the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) will do to health care here in the U.S. London's Daily Mail has chronicled the growing problems...Tags: Cal Thomas, Medical Specialization, England, Western Africa, Nursing
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$7.25 billion credit card swipe fee settlement fraying
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)Legal settlements usually settle disputes, but a proposed $7.25 billion class-action settlement involving Visa and MasterCard appears to be erupting into a whole new battle over the fees retailers have to pay when consumers pull out their plastic. Scores...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Personal Data Collection, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts
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Smokers cost their employers more money
A new study by Ohio State University says smokers cost their employers nearly 6-thousand dollars more a year than employees who don't smoke. This was the first comprehensive look at the true burden of smoker health costs on employers. The lead...
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Cambodian police clash with thousands of garment workers, 23 hurt
ReutersPHNOM PENH, May 27 (Reuters) - At least 23 workers were hurt in Cambodia on Monday when police using stun batons moved in to end a protest over pay at a factory that makes clothing for U.S. sportswear company Nike , a worker and a trade union...Tags: Plant Openings, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Nike, Inc., Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
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YOUR MONEY-Cutting the costs of running, tips for road warriors
ReutersBy Chris Taylor NEW YORK, May 30 (Reuters) - When Theresa Tufaro started running back in her college days, she thought she was taking up one of the cheapest hobbies ever. "In theory all you need is some workout clothes and a pair of sneakers," says...Tags: Road Running, Physical Therapy, Authors, American Cancer Society, Boston Marathon
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Cutting the costs of running, tips for road warriors
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - When Theresa Tufaro started running back in her college days, she thought she was taking up one of the cheapest hobbies ever. "In theory all you need is some workout clothes and a pair of sneakers," says the 32-year-old, who works as...Tags: Road Running, Physical Therapy, American Cancer Society, Authors, Boston Marathon
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