Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Existing home sales fell to 4.86 million units, about 2.6% below consensus estimates of 4.94 million units. The report also cited a huge deterioration in median home prices, down to $215,000 or down over 6% from last year. This highlights the bleak outlook for the housing market, as the housing ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The United States government spent $783 billion in 2006 on Medicare and Medicaid. If we went to a universal healthcare in this country, it would probably go well over a trillion dollars. And taxes would certainly increase. American's want affordable healthcare or a universal healthcare system. This is going to ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
For the last few decades, the use of cell phones has been on the rise across the country and around the world. With the advent of micro technology and satellites, mobile phones have gotten smaller and smaller. In fact, some have reached the point where big people actually have trouble ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Upon completing college back in the early 1970s, I worked for a large department store in NY in the accounting office. Working full time, naturally, I was afforded a company group insurance policy which included health benefits, along with dental, and life insurance. At that time there were no HMOs, ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
There is a variety of opinions on how our health care system ended up in the mess it is today, and just as many ideas on how to fix it. Bottom line I wouldn't count on a miracle solution that fixes everything.
I look at the problem different than a lot ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama say they believe in giving Americans universal health care. I don't believe them. Anyone who takes the time to understand universal health care should conclude that only a simple single payer system will reform the current outrageous system that benefits the insurance and pharmaceutical industries.
The ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
I am a resident of New York State, but if someone were to ask which state I live in, I would reply that I live in a "state of mental confusion."
Mental confusion may sometimes be healthy, if it leads to questioning, enquiry and growth of wisdom. Perhaps that is why ...
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008
The most crucial question in the minds of many Americans and people around the world today is: Who will be the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States this election year? Will it be Illinois Senator Obama, or will it be New York Senator and former First Lady Clinton? ...
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
"I mean, people have access to health care in America. After all, you just go to an emergency room." - George W. Bush, July 10, 2007, Cleveland, Ohio
This sentence has been ringing in my ears since July. Fool that I am, I did not understand just how easy it all ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
National health care might be a disaster, due to the cost and the complexity. A government-controlled system also creates agonizing moral dilemmas (read about the eye treatment ruling covered further down). Still, despite my opposition to it, I can see it's a real possibility, and soon. Keeping that in mind, ...
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