Under pressure from the health care industry and consumer advocates, seven Republican governors are cautiously moving to expand Medicaid, giving an unexpected boost to President Obama’s plan to insure some 30 million more Americans. The Supreme Court ruled last year that expanding Medicaid to include many more low-income people was an option under the new federal health care law, not a requirement,...
United takes Dreamliner off schedule until June
Label: Business The All Nippon Airways Dreamliner 787 arrives at Mineta San Jose International Airport. ...
Feb
21
Tribune exclusive: 'We were just regular parents who were slapped in the face'
Label: World The parents of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton talk about her life...
Michael Moore on “5 Broken Cameras” director’s LAX ordeal: It doesn’t compare to Palestinians’ “daily humiliation”
Label: LifestyleLOSD ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Michael Moore said that Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat‘s ordeal with immigration officials on Tuesday demonstrates that the United States is overly strict when it comes to greeting foreign visitors, particularly people of color.“If he’d been a white guy he wouldn’t have to go through that in our ‘post-racial’ America,” Moore, the Oscar-winning director...
In Reversal, Florida to Take Health Law’s Medicaid Expansion
Label: HealthMIAMI — Gov. Rick Scott of Florida reversed himself on Wednesday and announced that he would expand his state’s Medicaid program to cover the poor, becoming the latest — and, perhaps, most prominent — Republican critic of President Obama’s health care law to decide to put it into effect. It was an about-face for Mr. Scott, a former businessman who entered politics as a critic of Mr. Obama’s...
OfficeMax, Office Depot agree to merger
Label: BusinessOffice Depot to buy Office Max as an attempt to compete with Staples. Office Depot Inc. and Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. confirmed...
Well: No Consensus on Plantar Fasciitis
Label: HealthPhys EdGretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.There are more charismatic-sounding sports injuries than plantar fasciitis, like tennis elbow, runner’s knee and turf toe. But there aren’t many that are more common. The condition, characterized by stabbing pain in the heel or arch, sidelines up to 10 percent of all runners, as well as countless soccer, baseball, football and basketball players,...
OfficeMax, Office Depot shares soar on merger talk
Label: Business Shares of OfficeMax Inc. skyrocketed 21 percent Tuesday on speculation that the Naperville-based office supply retailer is in...
Feb
19
Rose returns to 5-on-5 drills for first time since injury
Label: World A sense of doubt has evolved into a hint of optimism about Derrick Rose's comeback from knee surgery.The Bulls guard, who last...
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