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Panel backs making insurers cover autism 2TheAdvocate, LA - 3 hours ago A Baton Rouge Republican who is father to an autistic child, Foil said it was willingness of the health-care insurance industry to negotiate that proved ...

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Parachute mayor, wife try filling child care void Grand Junction Sentinel, CO - 3 hours ago Carol McClung said she feels so strongly about opening the center that she quit her job as a representative for New York Life Insurance Co. ...

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SB886, sponsored by Charlie Justice: This won would increase regulation of lead in children’s toys. This one is simple. Lead is poisonous. More than 20 million toys were recalled in the last year or so. We need to prevent our children from getting lead poisonoing. This bill would help that. SB1116, sponsored by Gwen Margolis: This one would increase the penalties for mortgage fraud schemes. Another good idea that really could prove to be incredibly useful in the current housing crisis. Amend

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A rundown of some of the best and worst bills to come before the legislature in the session... SB886, sponsored by Charlie Justice: This won would increase regulation of lead in children's toys. This one is simple. Lead is poisonous. More than 20 million toys were recalled in the last year or so. We need to prevent our children from getting lead poisonoing. This bill would help that. SB1116, sponsored by Gwen Margolis: This one would increase the penalties for mortgage fraud schemes. A

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Why primary care deters doctors Sun Shopper, AZ - 4 hours ago The payment system of insurance companies, including Medicare and AHCCCS, Arizona's Medicaid program, also deters doctors from going into primary care. ...

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By Thoreau The topic of America’s car culture has come up a lot at The Art of the Possible. I share some of their concerns, so I hope I don’t come across as trivializing it when I link to this oldie but goodie article on attempts to move past car culture in some small way: Getting kids to walk to school. Yes, a big part of the problem is suburban layout and all that. But even for kids who live near school, apparently it isn’t just a matter of pointing to the sidewalk and saying “There it is. G

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Although there aren’t very many Q, to be honest. My comments always go way down when I write about the surrogacy, and I worry that I’m boring everyone to tears. But in the meantime, if you can stop yawning long enough to leave a question in the comment section, I’ll answer it here. Sandie from MN asked: “Hey Kristie--As I am reading, I keep thinking about how expensive medical processes such as these are. I'm sort of wondering (if this is too personal, feel free to ignore me) about all the airf

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This story originally appeared in the New Mexico Independent. It doesn't take long listening to U.S. Congress candidate Ben Ray Luján to see he believes he is the greenest candidate in the Democratic field. Though he had already traveled from a Cuba, N.M. town hall meeting to Rio Rancho for another town hall, the passion he spoke about the environment clearly shined though any tiredness he may have had Sunday. The travel doesn't seem to be taking a toll on Luján; his eyes are still bright, an

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Wesly Snipes is going to jail, for three years, for cheating on his taxes! In Canada, we are more practical, he would only go to jail if he didn't have the money to pay the fine. Canadians, contrary to Americans, don't pay an estate tax (death tax). You can inherit your uncle's boat tax free. You don't pay a cent either if you manage to win something. Richard Hatch wouldn't be in jail if he had been on Survivor Canada (and was a Canadian Resident). Someone gives you 1 million dollars more th

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Interesting to note tonight that one of Paul "Guido Fawkes" Staines' seen elsewhere links is to a Labour candidate arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography. Strangely, he's found no space to report on his own transgressions: Off to the rack with him! The waspish Westminster blogger "Guido Fawkes", who is devoted to making life uncomfortable for political trough-guzzlers, joins his historical namesake in finding himself at the sharp end of the legal system. Lobbyists, aides

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