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More ads are including models with disabilities
It’s not easy to find models with disabilities in ads for the fashion industry — unless you look in the Nordstrom catalog. The company has been using models with disabilities since 1997. This summer’s Nordstrom Inc. catalog includes among others a woman…
Medicare puts target on diabetes, heart disease
Medicare will urge health providers to do more to help patients with diabetes and heart disease. New contracts awarded to quality improvement organizations require them to address the chronic health conditions as they help hospitals and physicians enhance care. Qsource was…
Undercover probe finds health law failings
Congressional investigators using fake identities were able to obtain taxpayer-subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law, according to testimony to be delivered Wednesday. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office says its undercover investigators were able to get subsidized health care under…
An Ominous Health Care Ruling
Millions of low- and moderate-income people who signed up for health insurance with the help of federal tax-credit subsidies could find themselves without coverage or facing big premium bills if a destructive decision handed down by a federal appeals court…
12 Baby Boomer Retirement Trends
It is not news that baby boomers, people born between 1946 and 1964, are starting to turn 65 and beginning to retire in droves. A new Census Bureau report details how quickly the baby boomers are retiring and how they…
Latest Obamacare Legal Knot Won’t Be Easy To Untangle
U.S. judges have their work cut out for them untangling a legal knot created on Tuesday when two federal appeals courts released conflicting rulings hours apart going to the heart of the role the federal government will play in Obamacare. The…
Retiring soon? Rethink your investing risks
The closer you get to retirement, the more attention you need to pay to your tolerance for big swings in financial markets. Here’s how to estimate the level of risk that’s right for you. This may not be the right time…
Elizabeth Warren Says The U.S. Can ‘Save Social Security’ By Passing Immigration Reform
“I believe in that America; I will fight for that America,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) fervently cried at the National Council of La Raza’s Annual Convention here on Sunday. The declaration closed the senator’s speech at a town hall that focused…
Stop ignoring good advice
Promising people more benefits at no cost isn’t new, especially in an election year. But a Democrat-backed plan that purports to expand Social Security payments at no additional cost to most Americans simply isn’t realistic, a fact backed up by…
Disability Advocates Attack Malloy Over New Appointment
Disability advocates and politicians from both sides of the aisle attacked Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday for what they said was inadequate consultation leading up to his recent appointment of former Hamden Mayor Craig Henrici to head the state’s…