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

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»

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The Move Is On to Cut Health System Costs

In a move that affects the bottom line of hospitals and pharmacies, Washington cuts more money from their Medicaid program.READ»

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Welfare-to-Work and the Stimulus

I have been paying more attention to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 than to most legislation, largely because it is the focus of my latest book, Great Jobs in the President’s Stimulus Plan. As the title ...READ»

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Neighborhood MATCH Program

Last month, the Mills Corp. opened a new shopping mall 25 miles outside Houston that employs nearly 200 local welfare recipients who were recruited, trained, and transported across town with one goal in mind: self-improvement.READ»

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Rookies With Heart

National Student Partnerships is a startup standout. Founded by two Yale students, this company will never issue an IPO, make its founders rich, or offer much job security. And its employees wouldn't have it any other way.READ»

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Hard Lives, Low Pay, Big Stakes

Dean Curtis teaches welfare recipients how to enter the world of work. But his lessons apply to every rung of the job ladder.READ»

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Troublemaker

Job Titles of the FutureREAD»