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WA is taking steps to expand health insurance coverage to all residents, regardless of immigration status

Claudia R. Tauber May 18, 2022
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Op-Ed: Dealing with Tompkins County’s Mental Health Crisis

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HEALTH INFORMATION: Abbott, FDA Approves Formula Factory Restart

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Official opposition urges Minister to increase SAID rates

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Mental Health Awareness Walk takes place in Watertown on Wednesday |…

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The cost without health insurance

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
As the Connecticut General Assembly is considering Senate Act No. 956, entitled: A Bill to Provide Medical Assistance to Certain Individuals Regardless of Immigrant Status, I want to tell a story of how the lack of health insurance for…
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Wayne Co. Chamber offers health insurance to member companies

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
RICHMOND, Ind. - For small businesses, offering health insurance to employees can be costly or altogether unaffordable.Wayne County Chamber of Commerce is trying to help. The Chamber has partnered with United Healthcare to offer small…
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UNHCR – 120,000 refugees will be given access to Iranian health insurance

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Afghan refugee Abdulrahim Rostami, 66, holds his health insurance booklet in Tehran, Iran. © UNHCR / Andrew McConnell As refugees and host communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the…
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Many health insurance companies help with the Covid Aid Act – but do your homework first

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
The American Rescue Plan Act has something for everyone with private health insurance, but figuring out the best way to get it can be confusing. The $ 1.9 trillion Covid Relief Act that President Joe Biden signed this month…
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Can Biden’s Push For A Public Option Lower Your Healthcare Costs?

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
In Biden's campaign, he proposed a new public option that would offer Americans who are not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid an alternative to private insurance.The impact of a public option would depend on the details of the plan.In…
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Health Catalyst is acquiring Able Health for $ 27 million

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Analytics firm Health Catalyst announced this week it had acquired San Francisco-based Able Health, a cloud-based company that tracks and reports quality and regulatory metrics, for $ 27 million. WHY IT IS IMPORTANTHealth Catalyst officials…
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The legislator proposes a bonus for going back to work

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
In recent months, numerous companies have stated that they are having difficulties in finding employees who are willing to work again. Jason Pierce owns Savoy Taproom in Albany. And just before the COVID-19 pandemic, he started work on his…
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Nella is sold to a foreign company | News, sports, jobs

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
CRYSTAL SPRINGS - After a previous sale attempt failed last year, both Nella's Inc. and Nella's Nursing Home, two longtime Elkins family-owned companies that have been family-owned…
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Queer Humboldt Gives Open Door $ 60,000 for Gender-Affirming Health Services – Times-Standard

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
On Thursday afternoon, Queer Humboldt, a local LGBTQ + organization, presented the head of the Open Door Community Health Center, Tory Starr in Arcata, with a huge check for $ 60,000. The donation from the nonprofit will help the health…
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Commission approves sale of Pahrump Medical Center

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
For many years the Pahrump Medical Center was the home of the offices of Healthcare Partners of Nevada, but in 2017 the healthcare company, now known as Intermountain Health, moved to a brand new facility just off Highway 160 and left…
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Nevada becomes the second state to offer public health insurance

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Regardless, Florida's Board of Medicine will revise an old rule for drug-assisted weight loss that is "out of step" with modern standards. Massachusetts' taxed care system, Georgia's poor health rankings, and…
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AMA adopts new guidelines to promote equitable access to health care

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Source / information Disclosure: Healio Primary Care was unable to confirm any relevant…
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PEIA, West Virginia, Renews Humana as Annuity Company | Companies

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Charleston - Humana Inc. has won a new four-year contract with the West Virginia Civil Service Insurance Agency (PEIA), the company said in a press release. Under the agreement, starting January 1, 2022, Humana will continue to…
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GRAX announces History Stream ™, which releases SaaS app data for easy downstream use

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE) - GRAX, Inc., the leading SaaS data value platform, today announced the release of History Stream ™. This breakthrough DataOps solution reduces the complexity, time, and cost required to feed SaaS app data…
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Cities reject Texas’s offer to reintroduce the public fee rule

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Law360 (Jun 16, 2021, 4:56 p.m. EDT) - Chicago, Los Angeles, and other U.S. cities slammed a motion by a Texas-led coalition that an Illinois judge should consider reintroducing the public fee rule established by Described to critics…
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Best’s Special Report: U.S. Health Insurance Industry Results Exceeded Expectations in 2020

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
OLDWICK, NJ - (BUSINESS WIRE)--ON 77% increase in underwriting profits in 2020 shows how the U.S. health insurance industry has been able to do exceed the expected negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to one…
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St. Louis nurse battles COVID-19 insurance

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Insurance companies told attendees that COVID-19 was covered, but experts say the promise has its limits NS. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri - Gerald and Lakeitha Adory met 11 years ago in jobs that would put them right…
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VIRGINARY WITNESS PROGRAM ASSISTANT (TWO-POSITION) Job with the Arlington County, Virginia…

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Position informationThe Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Arlington County is seeking two grant-funded entry positions into the Victim Witness Program to provide administrative assistance and information assistance and advice…
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Lifelong training translates into large healthcare savings

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021
Now the National Cancer Institute scientists have taken records for 21,750 of the volunteers and started grouping them by workout, noting changes over the decades. As young adults, did these men and women exercise more or less often by the…
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America’s largest health insurer is delaying plan to deny the cost of ER visits if it…

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021
America's largest health insurer has reportedly delayed plans to introduce a new policy that would allow the company to withhold payment for emergency room visits it deems "non-urgent." According to UnitedHealthcare, the plan will be…
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Manchin and Sinema are pleading with Republicans to back the creation of a January 6 commission

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021
Members of George Floyd's family after their meeting with President Biden and Vice President Harris on Tuesday.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York TimesIn a phone call in April after a former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of the…
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USBP rescues 2 abandoned children

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021
JACUMBA, California—US Border Patrol agents rescued two children who had been abandoned along the border near Jacumba on Monday afternoon.An agent comforts the siblings through theFort them made from disposable mylarCover.Around 3pm, agents…
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The US death toll from COVID exceeds 600,000

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay reporters WEDNESDAY June 16, 2021 The U.S. coronavirus death toll topped 600,000 on Wednesday despite the country's…
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Lansing Village Board Debates Position on NY Health Act | Lansing

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
The New York Health Act is a nationwide push to establish a payer health system that covers every New…
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Amazon vs. Traditional Healthcare: Who Will Win?

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
If Amazon wants to continue growing at 25 to 30% per year, as it has in recent years, it has to generate high revenues, says Robin Gaster, visiting scholar for public policy at George Washington University and author of Behemoth. , Amazon…
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How CVS Health plans to use its business to conduct better drug clinical trials

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Getty Images D.During the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccine and drug innovation advanced at an unprecedented pace. And this innovation required the recruitment of large numbers of people for clinical trials at unprecedented rates.…
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Justice Department sued Aon’s acquisition of Willis Towers Watson

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against insurance brokers on Wednesday Aeon PLC's planned $ 35 billion acquisition of competitor Willis Towers Watson…
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Let’s work together to improve our health system

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
It's not often that you find a job that allows you to bring together everything you've learned professionally and personally, but that's true of my new role as President and CEO of the National Pharmaceutical Council. I am grateful to be…
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Medical Debt Ombudsman will “review and settle” collections

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
According to Rich Miller, executive vice president and chief business strategy officer of Northwell Health, communication is key to managing patient debt effectively in hospitals. New Hyde Park, NY Healthcare System is looking for an…
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Cleveland Clinic, IBM, Aetna and Anthem join forces to create blockchain company Avaneer Health

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Photo: Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images Major healthcare companies Cleveland Clinic, IBM, Aetna, and Anthem have teamed up to create a new blockchain healthcare company, Avaneer Health, which will be based in Chicao and work to leverage…
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SelectQuote encouraged by the early dynamics of Population Health

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Enter Wall Street with StreetInsider Premium. Request your 1 week free trial Here. Adding new members to SelectRx and prior to Population Health's hiring plan OVERLAND PARK, Kan .-- (BUSINESS WIRE) - On May 3,…
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How this healthcare CEO prioritizes and tests exciting ideas

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Open links to share Close share links The idea for the digital health company Vezeeta started on a piece of paper. Amir Barsoum was Head of Strategy for the Middle…
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Are employer-sponsored health plans on the rise?

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
The story of why we get our benefits from employers dates back to World War II when companies began using healthcare as a means to attract talent, especially women. While employer-funded health insurance has been the norm since then,…
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The state body repeals the decision on drug coverage for retirees

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
A board on Tuesday overturned its August 5 decision to end pharmacy benefit coverage for the next year to approximately 13,800 retired Medicare members of government employees' health insurance, forcing them to go through the Medicare Part…
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The CDC has failed: ex-health officials urge states to abandon the agency

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Enlarge / A security guard walks the grounds of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on Saturday, March 14, 2020. Covid-19!-->…
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Trump administration files formal motion to crush Obamacare altogether

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Democrats, capitalizing on the popularity of the Health Bill and its pivotal role in winning the House of Representatives last fall, are already using the case as a club against President Trump at the start of his re-election campaign. The…
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SAG-AFTRA Dissidents Consider Legal Action To Stop Health Plan Changes – Deadline

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Opponents of the changes to the SAG-AFTRA health plan said tonight they are considering legal action to prevent thousands of participants and their family members from losing their health insurance if the sweeping changes go into…
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Supreme Court: DOJ suspends Trump’s efforts to overturn Obamacare by court decree

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
One of the final acts of former Attorney General Noel Francisco as chief trial attorney in the Trump administration was Sign a short letter claiming Obamacare should be put down from the Supreme Court. The arguments in this pleading, as…
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Three health agency actions Biden plans to take today

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign 17 executive actions on Inauguration Day, January 20, according to A. data sheet released by his transition team. Three of them relate to health care. Here are the three actions that healthcare…
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Hospital, insurers reject forced disclosure of negotiated prices

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Hospitals and health insurers may disagree, but they do agree that the federal government's proposal to publicly negotiate hospitals on medical service tariffs negotiated by the payer would be bad for businesses and patients.In comments on…
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The Scoop: Health Insurance News – Jan 20, 2021

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
President Biden's American Recovery Plan calls for additional premium subsidies and COBRA subsidies The newly appointed President Joe Biden outlined his American recovery plan last week and contains some important provisions to improve…
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Most doctors got little relief from prior approval as COVID cases soared

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
CHICAGO - As new cases of COVID-19 peaked in the United States in late 2020, most doctors reported that health plans continued to require bureaucratic pre-approval policies that delay access to essential care and sometimes cause serious…
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According to the report, private health care is facing a “death spiral” when young,…

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Australia's health system has become more and more unfair, costly and confusing, according to a new report that sees the federal government facing an impending crisis that can only be averted through urgent reforms.Important points:The…
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Private health insurance dumped in the thousands after coronavirus restrictions enforce service…

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Hordes of young Australians are giving up their private health insurance plans after the coronavirus pandemic caused health insurers to bill people for services that many could no longer use.Important points:In a first look at the impact of…
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US Health and Healthcare is a Chaos: Now What?

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
The report of the lancet Public Order and Health Commission in the Trump Era1Wool merchant S Himmelstein YOU Ahmed S. et al.Politics and Health in the Trump Era. is a tour de force chronicle of the failures of both the US healthcare…
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Health insurance reform in Georgia as a “missed opportunity”

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceATLANTA - Georgia's new health insurance reform plan will address three issues at once, Governor Brian Kemp recently announced as he introduced two federal government-approved insurance waiver…
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Thursday, May 20, 2021 | Kaiser health news

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
New cancer treatments show promise A new drug from Bristol Myers Squibb combined with its best-selling cancer drug Opdivo extended the time it took for advanced…
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Elections in Iran: Meet the Men Running for President | Election news

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Tehran, Iran - When the polling stations for the presidential elections in Iran open on Friday, there will be four men on the ballot, but one has a clear lead over the others. Observers predict that the eighth president of Iran will be…
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Why do people forego private health insurance during the coronavirus pandemic?

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
Despite the fact that a deadly virus is raging around us, thousands of young Australians have decided to end their private health insurance as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic set in. In the first big look at the impact of the crisis…
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Executives warn against state health insurance

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 17, 2021 0
2019 press conference when Kevin Lembo and Governor Ned Lamont endorsed a public option. Reminds of the battle For a public option in 2019, five insurance industry CEOs wrote a letter to Governor Ned Lamont on Thursday warning him…
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Indonesian health workers bear the burden of new wave of COVID-19 – Indonesia

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 16, 2021 0
While the current COVID-19 surge is infecting and killing health workers across Indonesia, Project HOPE is preparing the country's health workers to tackle their harrowing frontline experiences. Washington, DC (June 16, 2021)-…
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AM Best revises issuer credit outlook to positive for Aflac Incorporated and its subsidiaries

Claudia R. Tauber Jun 16, 2021 0
OLDWICK, NJ - (BUSINESS WIRE) -Preferably has revised the outlook for the long-term credit rating of issuers (Long-Term ICR) from stable to positive and confirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A + (Superior) and the…
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Ford, Audi Mock GM Super Bowl Advertisement with Quick Responses

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
General Motors used its spot in this year's Super Bowl to throw a glove, Challenge Norway to an electric car offespecially because the US is losing this fight. Other automakers step up to defend the Norwegians in one of the most fun,…
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Benefits of taking out instant loans through digital lenders

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Dallas Texas : People who are looking for small instant loans can go to the digital credit marketplace, where digital lenders bring banks and borrowers together, provide easier access to credit, and automate all of the necessary…
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Even more hand sanitizer can be toxic, the FDA is updating the list of brands to avoid

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
The list of hand sanitizers to avoid because they could be toxic has grown again.The US Food and Drug Administration continues Disclose hand sanitisers that could be potentially harmful because they contain methanol, also called wood…
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Even more hand sanitizers are being recalled: Here’s a list of brands the FDA says should be…

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
The US Food and Drug Administration continues to quickly announce hand sanitizers that could be potentially harmful because they contain methanol, also known as wood alcohol.Today the FDA added more than two dozen brands from 4E Global,…
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Can a landlord be forced to accept a rental deposit?

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
In Part 2 of a blog series, we look at whether a landlord can be forced to accept a lease withdrawal and what the consequences are. This point was recently discussed in the context of a scheme of arrangement where the Court…
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3 steps international students should take in autumn 2021 | Best universities

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Newly admitted international students in the Bachelor's degree may experience a mixture of excitement and ongoing uncertainty due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on entering campus in the fall. With many US University campus…
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NFL condemns racism and admits we were wrong – Colin Kaepernick has more support now, there is…

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
When Colin Kaepernick went down on his knees during the national anthem in 2016 to take a stand against police brutality and racial injustice, he was mostly alone.Politicians, team owners and teammates criticized him, fans burned his jersey…
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New Yorkers are allowed back on federal travel programs as DHS admits they lied in court

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
ALBANY, NY - Five months after kicking New Yorkers out of trusted traveler safety programs in an immigration dispute, the Department of Homeland Security turned back Thursday and told a court it had misrepresented the facts in…
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Trump’s own lawyer admits he lost the presidential election

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
WASHINGTON - One of the lawyers who led the defense of former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial did what Trump himself didn't: he admitted that Joe Biden won the presidential election. In the opening…
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How Prelaw Students Should Choose College | Things to know about approvals

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Discussions in law school are known to be heated, but they are meant to inspire insight. That's a reason law schools work hard to find students who are thoughtful, respectful and have a unique perspective.There is no specific college,…
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College admissions assignments for sophomore students | Playbook for college admissions

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
As the college admissions process becomes more competitive - with some stressed individuals applying to 20 or more schools - the number of secondary school Students begin their college preparation in the sophomore year. RELATED CONTENTBut…
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How To Find College Admission Statistics | Best universities

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
In an increasingly data-driven world, almost everything seems to have a statistic. This is especially true for college admission as schools break down different data points when selecting incoming grades. For prospective students, this…
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Need an Instant No-Credit-Check Loans: Apply Payday Loans Online

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Instant Online Payday Loans Are you in need of instant cash? Let us help provide instant online payday loans to meet your financial needs. Apply today for an instant answer to your money problems! Get approved now and get an instant…
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Australia’s Budget Review: Hey Big Spender … the Trillionaire!

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Josh Frydenberg handed over this year's eagerly awaited federal budget last Tuesday. Australia was absolutely 'Back in Black'… a deep black hole from which only a 10-year odyssey could bring Australia from Troy to the safe haven with…
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The victories and defeats in the new State of the Union report from Sallies

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Every year the Salvation Army publishes a report that assesses areas such as child poverty and housing. This is how it will be for us in 2020.When Jacinda Ardern announced Labor's first wellbeing budget in 2019, she emphasized…
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Why Kate Winslet is wrong about kids and social media

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Many parents may not be happy that their tween or teen has a Snapchat, Instagram, or even Facebook account, but experts say social media can help them too. Actress Kate Winslet, who played Apple AAPL -0.64%…
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The United States is only the 32nd best country to raise a daughter

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Your daughter may be far better off in some countries than in others. Tuesday is the International Girls' Day, a United Nations initiative is dedicated to promoting the rights and progress of girls around the world - as well…
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Opinion: 10 Steps Schools, Parents, and Communities (Without New Gun Laws) Can Take To Prevent More…

Claudia R. Tauber Apr 19, 2021 0
Editor's note: This was first published on February 16. As a parent, I understand the desire for hands-on responses to school shootings. I also firmly believe that the government should do more to prevent such incidents from…
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