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Watch out for Medicare fraud, scams during open enrollment period

During the upcoming open-enrollment period for Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger urges Kansas Medicare beneficiaries to be alert to any potential scams surrounding sign-up activity.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Kansas, Sales, Marketing, Personal Finance

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Pasadena Star-News

Ruben Navarrette: Joe Lieberman's lonely stand

WHAT does the Iraq War have to do with the health care debate? More than you might think.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Olympia Snowe, Christopher Dodd, Personal Finance

AARP The Magazine

Mass. Supreme Court says alimony shouldn't end when paying spouse retires.

"? By Abby Goodnough BOSTON - The highest court in Massachusetts ruled Monday that alimony should not automatically end when the paying spouse reaches retirement age and stops earning income.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro, Personal Finance

KCBY-TV Coos Bay

AMA votes to seek repeal of 'don't ask,don't tell'

The American Medical Association on Tuesday voted to oppose the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and declared that gay marriage bans contribute to health disparities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Gay/Lesbian, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Health, Personal Finance

MediLexicon

Statement By CNA/NNOC Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro On The House Bill On Healthcare

Main Category: Public Health Also Included In: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 Of all the torrent of words that followed House passage of its version of healthcare reform legislation in early November, perhaps the most misleading were those comparing it to enactment of Social Security and Medicare.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicare, Health, Medicaid, Personal Finance, Pension, US News

CNN

Are Republicans too giddy?

Republicans have been downright giddy following the off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Personal Finance, George Bush, Opinion

Erie Times-News

Around the water cooler

Wouldn't it be great if the Internal Revenue Service were looking for you to give you money? For nearly 108,000 taxpayers nationwide, that's exactly the case.

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Related Topix: Tax, Personal Finance

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Examiner.com

Identify Theft: Protect Yourself

Identity theft is an ever-growing crime in the United States. This is one crime which can be especially scary.

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Related Topix: Prison, Personal Finance

PR-inside.com

Gemalto Launches Electronic European Residence Permit in Portugal

Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, today announced that Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda , the Portuguese Mint and National Printing Office, has started issuing its Sealys Resident cards : , compliant with the electronic European Residence Permit specifications and the latest ICAO Extended Access Control standards.

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Related Topix: Electronics, Manufacturing, Personal Finance

CW11 New York WPIX-TV

List of some Oklahoma tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers

A list of some of the state tax exemptions, credits and deductions approved by lawmakers and the Oklahoma Tax Commission's estimate of their cost: - Livestock purchased outside Oklahoma and brought into the state for feeding or breeding purposes, and which is later resold, $48 million.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Oklahoma, Tax, Family, Elderly, Agriculture, Science, Personal Finance

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Woman accused of driving drunk, causing Sunday wreck on Highway 1,...

The woman accused of driving drunk and causing a collision that killed two men on Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz Metro, Santa Cruz, CA, Personal Finance, Scotts Valley, CA

Boston Herald

Too much pork in the D.C. diet

That's up from $21,000 in the 1980s and '90s. Yet rather than cut back, Congress plans to spend even more.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Opinion

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Deal blasts health care bill that passed

" On a highly anticipated day in Congress, U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal, R-Ga., once again took to the House floor to speak out in opposition of, and to ultimately vote against, the health care overhaul bill that passed the House late Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Prison, Health Insurance, Health, Personal Finance

Statesman Journal

House approves health reform

WASHINGTON - In a victory for President Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, Candice Miller, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao, Insurance, Personal Finance

Morning Journal

For Calcutta resident D.C. rally bo.....

Calcutta resident Linda Harrington described a rally in Washington, D.C., against the proposed health care bill as an incredible event, but the local contingent's quest to speak to U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: Calcutta, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Wheeling, WV Metro, Columbiana, OH, US News, Personal Finance

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Michael Gerson: Health reform toll will fall too heavily on young people

As I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned to health care reform.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Family, Elderly, AARP, Personal Finance, Opinion

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Seniors can boost their social security benefits by 're-retiringa

The Social Security Administration recently announced that retirees would get no cost-of-living adjustments this year - and maybe not even next year - because the inflation measure it uses to determine them has declined for the first time in more than three decades.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Coral Gables, FL

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Portales News-Tribune

Survivor plan not being utilized

A typical officer retiring today who declines to enroll in the Survivor Benefit Plan lets the government off the hook for a subsidy worth $50,100 in "net present value," say Department of Defense actuaries.

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Related Topix: US Marine Corps, Personal Finance, Opinion

Huliq.com

Michael Jackson's Father Joe Jackson Requests Allowance

Court papers filed in Los Angeles reveal that the 81-year-old Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, monthly expenses are $20,000, but he receives only $1,700 from the state.

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Related Topix: Michael Jackson, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Personal Finance

ABC News

Photo: President Obama's Last Minute Appeal to House Democrats

In a closed door meeting with House Democrats this morning, President Obama made an impassioned appeal for what he called "a big moment in history," urging passage of the health care reform bill.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US House of Representatives, James Clyburn, Democrat, Personal Finance

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