McCain’s tax credit, she said, would offset income tax hikes for all but the wealthiest Americans, making it possible for more uninsured people to buy coverage.
But McCain’s idea is stirring little enthusiasm among the country’s leading business groups.
“We are concerned that some employers, particularly in this economy, might be motivated to exit the system,” said R. Bruce Josten, executive vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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As the end of another year draws near and a new one looms on the horizon later this week, it has become a tradition to look back on the year that was for any memorable moments that will still be felt long after fireworks, champagne, and festivities of New Year’s celebrations for 2009 are over and done with. So much continues to happen in the wonderful world of livin’ la vida low-carb and I’m happy to help chronicle some of the very Read the rest of this entry »

PARIS (AFP) — French filmmaker Claude Berri, best known internationally for producing Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning film “Tess”, is in a “very serious neurologial condition”, a Paris hospital said Sunday.
Berri, 74, was admitted to the Salpetriere hospital’s neurological service overnight with what doctors said was a blood clot in his brain and was in an intensive care unit Sunday.
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Local hospitals’ representatives are embracing a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule declaring the government won’t cover treatment for Medicare patients when facilities cause 10 “reasonably preventable” conditions.
Area hospital administrators say the provision won’t really affect them, because they already strive to provide excellent, error-free care.
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