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... to paperwork reduction, Section 521-E2B says that the court can waive the right to file some of these paperwork. Every single thing in the bill tries to control fraud and abuse but it also retains sufficient discretion for a bankruptcy judge in a situation where circumstances out of the ...
... those who do venture out during emergencies can be held for weeks at the hospital until family members can collect enough money to pay exorbitant rates. At one government facility in a border town, a menu of maternity ward prices was posted on a blue bulletin board. A natural birth ...
... that provides health coverage to 9 million lower-income children portends serious health consequences, with disruption in ongoing treatments. While funding promises and estimates of dates for it disappearing vary from week to week and state to state, treatment plans for serious diseases span months into the future, leaving some ...
... bring to the fore in the culture, in popular entertainment? CYNTHIA LITTLETON: I think the show very famously made references to her taking birth control bills, made references to her spending the night with dates, made a very early reference to a character, a guest star character being gay as ...
... Panama in the 1970s. Work recently began on a substantial expansion effort that will allow the canal to accommodate modern cargo needs. PBS NewsHour recently interviewed several regional experts to discuss the canal’s first 100 years, and to get a sense of what’s ahead. Ovidio Diaz-Espino grew ...
... to raising taxes on the top 2 percent of wage earners. "There's no path to an agreement that does not involve Republicans acknowledging that rates have to go up for the wealthiest Americans," Geithner said on CBS's "Face the Nation." The dueling appearances by the top Republican in ...
... on all sorts of wealth that a family cannot. It is troubling that we have not, in recent years, used our wealth to pay our bills -- having spent far more than we ask our citizens to pay for -- and made up the difference by borrowing. But lenders must think we ...
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks at a conference in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup via Getty Images. While readers of Making Sen$e and the Rundown know Larry Kotlikoff as our resident Social Security guru (he answers questions as "Ask Larry" every Monday), he has an ample list of other...
A pressman inspects the roll out of $20 bills at the U.S. Bureau of Engraving. Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GettyImages. By Merle Hazard It's time to announce the winner of our song contest. This past summer, with Paul's help, I asked you for economic song ideas. The winner of our friendly game is Lynn Dondero,...
Anyone paying attention to American cultural life has noticed a boom of art-centered buildings in cities across the country. A new study by the Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago takes what it builds as the first systematic look at this trend.
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