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EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

BY Chad Levin
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Given that the Senate is expected to require much more time than the House to vote on a health care bill (see below), it is likely there is not enough legislative time left in 2009 to wrap up a bill for Christmas delivery to the White House.READ MORE›

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 23, 2009

BY Chad Levin
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Last week will go down as a truly significant week in health care reform. The House leadership unveiled its 1,000+ page bill and announced that the three committees of jurisdiction would immediately begin mark-up sessions designed to get a composite bill to the House floor by the end of July. Late last week the House Ways and Means Committee approved the House bill 23 to 18READ MORE›

Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 16th 2009

BY Chad Levin
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On the health care reform front, the Senate HELP Committee continues to slug it out amendment by amendment, with Democrats winning all of the important ones on straight party-line votes.READ MORE›

Health Insurance Quotes Reform EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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The Senate began to slog its way through amendments (see below) last week in a process that promises to get harder, not easier.READ MORE›

Health Insurance Reform from EasyToInsureME health insurance quotes

BY Chad Levin
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Owing to multiple blizzards in Washington, Congress started its President's Day recess a full week early and READ MORE›

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 30th, 2009

BY Chad Levin
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The House is scheduled to leave town for summer recess on July 31, and the Senate's current schedule sends them home a week later on August 7. It will be next to impossible for the House to address individual health insurance care reform on the floor READ MORE›

Individual Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly: EasyToInsureME : 08/24/09

BY Chad Levin
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With opposition to a government-plan option evident at many health care reform town hall meetings this summer, an alternative option based on private regional cooperatives is now getting a lot more serious attention. In fact, Senate Finance Committee member Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), part of a six-member team READ MORE›

Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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Inside-the-Beltway politics were in full swing last week as the insurance industry came under heavy fire from some members of Congress and the media for releasing a PricewaterhouseCoopers report prior to the Senate Finance Committee's scheduled voteREAD MORE›

Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME FEBRUARY 5 2010

BY Chad Levin
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Despite proclaiming to focus on other issues, such as the economy and jobs, President Barack Obama injected new energy into the health insurance reform debate this week. READ MORE›

Individual Health Insurance Reform EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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The Business Roundtable released a report late last week that found key components of existing health care reform legislation could slow the growth of health care costs and offer real savings for companies and their employees. READ MORE›

The Great Climate Race Is On

BY Chuck Salter
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Now this is the kind of competition we at Fast Company like to see. Tony vs. Arnold. The UK vs. the U.S. The challenge: Who can be tougher on carbon emissions? As you might recall, California Governor, March FC coverboy, and Fast ...READ MORE›

Hubris v. Excess: Eliot Spitzer and the NYSE Square off Against Richard Grasso

BY Fast Company Staff
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In one of the more interesting earnings reports you'll see, the New York Stock Exchange yesterday said that its net income fell 54% in the second quarter -- with the primary culprit being costs stemming from ongoing litigation with ...READ MORE›

We are now 10 of Us!

BY Carel Two-Eagle
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I'm always stunned when people climb on a wagon I'm already on. Not because I lack confidence in myself or have a low level of self-worth, but because I continually hear how much courage it takes to say and do the things I do. I ...READ MORE›

Bingo World

BY Fast Company Calendar
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Bingo may seem like old news for old people, but when Alabama governor (and lifelong gambling opponent) Bob Riley sent state troopers to shut down more than 30 electronic bingo parlors earlier this year, he brought new life to the ...READ MORE›

Schwarzenegger Veto Prevents State Bar from Raising Dues

BY Alan Insul
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Alan Insul, a Los Angeles attorney limiting his practice to business, corporate, and real estate, provides pertinent commentary on California Governor’s recent decision to veto a state bar membership dues bill that would have ...READ MORE›

Schwarzenegger Veto Prevents State Bar from Raising Dues

BY Alan Insul
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Alan Insul, a Los Angeles attorney limiting his practice to business, corporate, and real estate, provides pertinent commentary on California Governor’s recent decision to veto a state bar membership dues bill that would have ...READ MORE›

Health Insurance Quotes Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME

BY Chad Levin
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Health care reform provisions are changing fast as the Senate considers numerous amendments on the floor, and there is no better example of how fast than the much-reported government plan option.READ MORE›

Open Source of Our Discontent?

BY Heath Row
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Leaders of the state of Massachusetts have indicated that they may decide to stop using Microsoft Office unless its maker starts using a file format that can be used easily in conjunction with other software packages. Various state ...READ MORE›

EasyToInsureME Individual Health Insurance Reform Weekly

BY Chad Levin
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That the bill going to the floor of the House contains a government plan option is no surprise. But Senate leadership's decisionREAD MORE›

Health Care Weekly : EasyToInsureME : July 3rd 2009

BY Chad Levin
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Congress left town late last week for the July 4th break with all the key issues still on the table and hard decisions yet to be madeREAD MORE›

This Week in Health Care Reform : EasyToInsureME Health Insurance

BY Chad Levin
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Congressional leaders are still aiming to have the controversial points in the health care reform bill settledREAD MORE›

Joe Trippi, Pied Piper of Dean's Internet Campaign, Storms off Stage

BY Linda Tischler
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Will he lead his faithful followers with him? They're rending their clothes on the Dean blog today, as the Internet master packs his tents and heads back to his Maryland farm. We profiled the Wizard of the Web back in October, when ...READ MORE›

Health Care Reform March 15 2010

BY Chad Levin
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Week of March 15, 2010The White House last week continued to rail against rising health insurance premiums to help build popular support for his health care reform package. But the effort to focus the blame for rising costs on ...READ MORE›

With Justice for All?

BY Greg Donaldson
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Labor organizer Jane McAlevey is forcing companies in Connecticut's ultraprosperous Fairfield County to confront a moral challenge that they would prefer to ignore -- and, in the process, she is forcing all of us to confront our personal sense of justice.READ MORE›

What is Your State’s Green Economy Profile? It Could Be the Key to Your Business and Career Success

BY Tracey de Morsella
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As part of an effort to help states continue to grow these industries, the NGA Center has created a series of reports analyzing emerging "green" economies in each state in terms of the scope of green business activity reveals areas of comparative advantage, promising areas for workforce development and opportunities for building partnerships within and across green industry segments. It is intended that this information be used to help states analyze their current efforts and form strategies to grow green economies.READ MORE›

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