Day three of the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearings regarding the constitutionality of the nation’s new health care law, the Affordable Care Act, kicks off today. It’s the last day of arguments before the justices and if today’s comments mirror the previous two days’ statements, it should shed additional light on what the high court thinks of the law.
Up for consideration this afternoon will be the Obama administration’s decision to expand Medicaid coverage and mandate that states accept the requirements or lose Medicaid matching funds from the federal government. The expansion of Medicaid is a titular aspect of the new health policy and provides coverage for people under 65 years of age with individual or family incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. In response
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If you are thinking of letting out your property, it’s important to familiarise yourself with your responsibilities as a landlord. These are clearly stated in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. Under common law, landlords have a duty to ensure the safety of their let property and its contents and that no injury or damage can be caused to the occupants, neighbours or the public.
The act states who is legally responsible for repair and maintenance areas within the property, even down to the responsibility of a blocked sink. And, abiding by this act goes above and beyond your business insurance policy and lettings agreement. T
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Life insurance is unique among financial instruments. It is one of, if not the only financial instrument that is based on caring and love. Even though there can be personal advantages to having life insurance, the real impetus is love for those one cares most about – to make sure they are taken care of. So, applaud yourself for taking the time to learn about this subject (and please follow up with action whether through us or the organization of your choice).
Interestingly, while one is taking care of the financial needs and wants of a spouse or the next generations, life insurance can also develop and build ones personal financial goals while living. F
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If you were in a car park about to head off to do some shopping or had just returned with bags of sale items and you saw someone kick the back bumper of their car, you might think they were angry about something.
In many cases this assumption might be correct, but not if the car they’re kicking is a Ford Kuga.
Ford has designed this vehicle with a hands-free boot opening system, which operates by kicking a button on the underside of the rear bumper.
This way, motorist with their hands laden with bags of shopping can open the boot without having to set everything down on the tarmac first. < Read more…
In a time of steep cuts in the Pentagon budget for FY2013 the Obama administration is proposing to trim military health care benefits beginning late this year.
The 2013 budget that begins funding the United States government in October, if approved by Congress, calls for a defense budget of $677.7 billion that represents a four percent decrease from 2012. More significantly, the administration wants to save up to $260 billion in defense spending during the next five years and $487 billion over ten years. To accomplish the cuts, the new budget calls for military families and retirees to pay much more for their health care. It includes saving $1.8 billion from the Tricare medical system in the 2013 budget and $12.9 billion by 2017.
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During my visit to local Rite-Aid, I had to walk through aisles of Valentines Day cards and candy to get to the pharmacy counter. Its been like this for weeks but this time it seemed like they added more aisles of pink and red merchandise. This got me thinking instead of candy or flowers or a last minute jewelry purchase, how would a wife react to her husband purchasing a life insurance policy for Valentines Day?
Just think about if for a second wouldnt this be a greater act of love than rushing out at the last minute to buy a box of chocolate or flowers that cost 3 times as much as they did the day before? Okay, I know youre thinking this isnt very romantic or sexy, but lets break down the value of each gift. Lets say you paid $50 to $100 for those dozen roses. How long are they going to last a week, maybe two, at best? Or maybe you spring for that $40 box of Sees candy thats gone in a week.
What if, on Valentines Day, you handed her a new life insurance policy you took out on her life? You can even include a handwritten note with it and tell her that, because you love her so much, you wanted to make sure that she (and the children, if any) would be able to continue in the lifestyle you worked so hard to create together, if something should happen to you.
While this is probably the most amazing gift you could give to her, it would probably have a greater effect if you were to include it with the chocolate and flowers and jewelry. Nothing says I love you more than a box of chocolates, a dozen roses and a life insurance policy!
Happy Valentines Day
Good news for those women who’ve always wanted to be a trucker because a group of determined women are aiming to make it big in the previously male-dominated profession of lorry driving.
Orion TV, a small television company based in Northumberland, has put together a show focusing on the lives of those two percent of women who work as .
The snappily titled ‘Mothertruckers’ follows the lives of three females as they drive their 44 tonne lorries whilst keeping femininity and family values intact.
Lucy Stubbs, one of the drivers featured, hoped that this documentary will show the profession in a whole new light.
“We’re hoping with us being on the telly it will encourage more women into the industry because there are only two percent of us out of the half a million truckers out there.
“We also wanted to highlight the issues for women truck drivers like the lack of facilities and the fact that some men can be funny about it.”
Mothertruckers airs on Channel 4, Thursdays at 10pm and will hopefully show that women are still better drivers, whatever the vehicle.
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