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Eco-friendly Inhalers Will Cost Kids with Asthma More Green - Newswise (press release)

March 31st, 2008

Eco-friendly Inhalers Will Cost Kids with Asthma More Green
Newswise (press release) - 14 minutes ago
To protect the health of children with asthma, Leo urges the federal and private insurance systems to take steps now to reduce the costs of HFA medications ...

Canadian Experience

March 31st, 2008
One of the lasting legacies of Arturo Brion before he left the Department of Labor and Employment to assume the august position of Supreme Court Justice was opening the Canadian job market to Filipino workers. It was because of then Secretary Brion’s tenacity and good connections to the federal and provincial governments of Canada that thousands of Filipinos are now dreaming of making it their second and perhaps, permanent, home. I joined Director Baby Mendoza of the DOLE’s Canada Desk in obse

Are Health Insurance Mandates Unconstitutional?

March 31st, 2008
This is the intriguing question asked in a Christian Science Monitor op/ed by Loyola Law School professor Karl Manheim and Consumer Watchdog chairman Jamie Court. To wit: The federal government does not ordinarily require Americans to purchase particular goods or services from private parties. The closest we come is when government imposes a condition on the grant of discretionary benefit or permit. For instance, in most states, you must have auto insurance to drive a car, or you are require

What’s in a name? The defining point of a relationship

March 31st, 2008
I just dig lists.Today USA today expands on the information drawn from the databases of Veterinary Pet Insurance, writing today on the most popular names for dogs: Girls: 1. Bella 2. Molly 3. Lucy 4. Maggie 5. Daisy 6. Sophie 7. Sadie 8. Chloe 9. Bailey 10. Lola Boys: 1. Max 2. Buddy 3. Rocky 4. Bailey 5. Jake 6. Charlie 7. Jack 8. Toby 9. Cody 10. Buster And yes, they are all “people names.” Which says about as much as you’d care to know about how our relationship with o

Column: Keep business 'all in the family' - Rocky Mount Telegram

March 31st, 2008

Column: Keep business 'all in the family'
Rocky Mount Telegram, NC - 1 hour ago
To fund the sale of the business, you take out an insurance policy on your life, with your child as a beneficiary. You could choose term insurance, ...

The cost of autism

March 31st, 2008
NAVARRE - With wide blue eyes and cherubic cheeks, John Fowler looks like any other 6-year-old. He runs through his Navarre home and scales the kitchen pantry shelves as his 12-year-old sister, Elizabeth, runs after him. "You're lucky you're so cute," his mother, Myra, later says while hugging John. John is not like most children his age. His eyes wander. And while most 6-year-olds have a vocabulary of 5,000 to 20,000 words, John's is about 500. At 34 months, John was diagnosed with autism. Howe

Case Update - Tanned, Rested & Ready Edition

March 31st, 2008
On Friday morning, I got on an airplane in Phoenix, where it was 79 degrees.  I got off in Cleveland, where it was 34.  ‘Nuff said about my state of mind.  If this keeps up, next week’s Case Update is going to be titled the “Cabin Fever Edition.” Lots of stuff happened while I was away.  The US Supreme Court decided the Medellin case, and had arguments in another case, both of which I’ll talk about tomorrow.  The Ohio Supreme Court also was busy.  In State v. Smith, it held that theft was a le

Disability Insurance Explained

March 31st, 2008
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CNN Cost of Autism Story/Quit Just Sitting There!

March 31st, 2008
While Kim and I were making breakfast yesterday, this piece from CNN ran on Headline News (Click the one that is through Yahoo!, the others have expired). Here is where I run a little counter to other parents, and am much more in line with the financial planner. It is my opinion that you have to take the long view on your child, his/her needs, and the overall health of your family...espcially for the fact that the impact of having an autistic child in your life will be in the millions of doll

Parental advisory - Media Guardian

March 31st, 2008

Parental advisory
Media Guardian, UK - 8 hours ago
But that's the odd position that Tanya Byron, the TV psychologist and author of a review into child safety on the internet, found herself in last week. ...

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