Politics and Legislation
Yahoo News, March 15th, 2010 It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill.
If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to
write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and
insurance
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San Francisco Examiner, March 15th, 2010While healthcare reform is going to be a major issue in elections this
year, there is another issue that may be just as powerful if not more
so-particularly at the local level. The healthcare debate will impact
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The New York Times, March 15th, 2010The gold-plated credit rating of the United States — an article of
faith across America and, indeed, around the world — may be at risk in
coming years as the nation copes with its growing debts.
That sobering
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Reverse Mortgage Daily, March 11th, 2010During his testimony
in front of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Opportunity, David H. Stevens, Assistant Secretary of Housing
for the Federal Housing Administration voiced
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The New York Times, March 5th, 2010After the dust began to settle last year — after the banks failed, the
currency collapsed, the stock market crashed and the government fell —
the dazed inhabitants of Iceland woke up to
another unpleasant problem:
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The New York Times, March 3rd, 2010Last Friday, the United States Department of Labor proposed a new
rule governing investment advisers’ fees intended to help better
protect, and increase, workers’ retirement savings.
We covered some of the details
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The New York Times, March 3rd, 2010Earlier today Casey B. Mulligan wrote
about how the entry of more women into the work force has helped
sustain the solvency of Social Security, which has been otherwise
stressed by the size of the retiring baby
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The New York Times, February 26th, 2010The United States Department of Labor announced two new rules Friday intended to help better protect, and increase, workers’ retirement savings.
The rules, announced as part of a year-end report
of the White House
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The New York Times, February 17th, 2010Eight states have been given failing scores for their pension
management under a new grading system developed by the Pew Center on
the States, which also found a $1 trillion gap between what all 50
states have
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HR Morning.com, February 11th, 2010In the coming weeks, the Department of Labor is hoping to issue new
rules governing the investment advice given to retirement plan
participants.
The new 401(k) rules are now being reviewed
by the Office of Management
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The New York Times, February 9th, 2010No one at the hospital noticed that Tina Bell-Jackman was dying.On the night of June 26, 2007, Ms. Bell-Jackman turned restlessly in
her bed in Room 7 at Select Specialty Hospital of Kansas City, a small
medical
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US News & World Report, February 2nd, 2010President Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2011 includes many proposals aimed to help workers prepare for retirement. Here’s a look at the retirement projects the White House is asking Congress to fund.
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The New York Times, February 4th, 2009Re “Annuities Get Obama Fist Bump” (Your Money column, Jan. 30):
The Obama administration is rightly promoting annuities as part of its
strategy to give Americans a better shot at a more secure retirement.
But
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The New York Times, January 29th, 2009Annuities: The official retirement vehicle of the Obama administration.As slogans go, it’s hardly “Keep Hope Alive,” or even “Change We Can Believe In.”But there were annuities, in a report
from the administration’s
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Time Magazine, December 16th, 2009A bald man with a gray beard and tired eyes is sitting in his
oversize Washington office, talking about the economy. He doesn't have
a commanding presence. He isn't a mesmerizing speaker. He has none of
the look-at-me
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