Category Archives: Economy

Young people love President Obama. But will they love Obamacare?

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Young peo­ple love Pres­i­dent Oba­ma. But will they love Obamacare?

The real test will come this Octo­ber, when mil­lions of unin­sured peo­ple will be required to enroll in health insur­ance through health exchanges run by their state or the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

$52 a month for health insurance sounds like a great deal. But maybe not.

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Maybe Kevin Costner should build the new health exchanges.

Maybe Kevin Cost­ner should build the new health exchanges.

Would you pay $52 per month for health insur­ance cov­er­age? 

Palm Beach Coun­ty offi­cials thought peo­ple would.  They were wrong. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Cyprus: Euro Saved! But things are not so good for Cypriots who saved euros

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CyprusDid you cash a check today?  Or with­draw mon­ey from your sav­ings account?  Or use your deb­it card to buy a sand­wich?  If so, many Cypri­ots wish they were you. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Budget Wars: Can They Bridge the Health Care Gap?

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Bud­get debates make good polit­i­cal the­ater. Each par­ty forces record­ed votes designed to score polit­i­cal points and embar­rass mem­bers of the oppos­ing par­ty. The House had fun yes­ter­day with some amend­ments before adopt­ing the Repub­li­can pro­pos­al writ­ten by Paul Ryan (R‑WI). The Sen­ate began debate on its pro­pos­al last evening and is brac­ing for Friday’s “vote-a-rama” – a day of record­ed votes on dozens of polit­i­cal­ly-barbed amend­ments advanced by mem­bers of both par­ties. Con­tin­ue read­ing →