| Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Features Recent Developments In The ...
Summaries of recent developments in the presidential campaign related to health care appear below.Democratic health care proposals: Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) on Thursday said that the health care proposals from several Democratic candidates resemble a plan he has posted on his Web site, the AP/Billings Gazette reports. "In the debates ... when they've talked about health care, those that have talked about it -- and had any specificity -- have kind of used the words that are in my 10-step plan," Enzi told Associated Press reporters. He said that Democratic candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) "revised what she has said before -- now throws in this private sector approach as well." Both the Enzi and Clinton proposals would provide tax credits to help U.S. residents purchase health insurance and seek to help small businesses offer coverage to employees.
Students walk away richer from financial encounter
What Thayer hopes most is that the young adults and their parents talk more about money. Over the weeks, Thayer peppered the class with individual lessons, computer work, guest speakers and one incident none of the students will forget — when the teacher's assistant was "arrested" for a staged case of identity theft. A Chico police officer came into the classroom and arrested the assistant in front of the class. "The kids were really talking after that." But it drove home the importance of protecting their personal financial information — and what the consequences of illegal actions can be. This class impressed Thayer as well. "If someone had explained to me all this financial information when I was in high school, then it makes me wonder how different my life would have been." According to the National Council on Economic Education's 2007 schools' report card, only seven states require students to take a personal finance course as a high school graduation requirement.
News Corp to Regan: Don't Hurt Rudy!
The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik's mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post. Ms. Regan makes the charge at the start of a 70-page filing that seeks $100 million in damages for what she says was a campaign to smear and discredit her by her bosses at HarperCollins and its parent company, News Corporation, after her project to publish a book with O.J. Simpson was abandoned amid a storm of protest. Now, mind you, this IS a lawsuit by a disgruntled employee in a pretty tough lawsuit city. That said, make note that Fox News has been accused for awhile now of propping up Rudy's campaign (Hannity has hosted fund-raisers for him) and he gets much more face-time on Fox than other candidates.
|
