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Federal regulators Thursday authorized Entergy Corp.'s utilities in Mississippi and Arkansas to leave a multistate agreement, a move expected to eventually save money for electric customers in Arkansas.
West Virginia school boards worried about paying for retiree benefits may go without temporary relief from the Legislature, after the Senate Finance Committee voted Wednesday to reject Gov. Joe Manchin's special session proposal.
The Los Angeles city attorney still plans to seek reimbursement of the $3 million the city spent for the Michael Jackson memorial, a spokesman said Monday, despite an audit concluding the event pumped even more dollars into the local economy.
Teachers and other education employees could have to pay more for their retirement and health insurance benefits under a financial plan proposed Thursday by the Alabama Board of Education.
The president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota says health care reform measures in Congress would accelerate increases in insurance costs.
The owner of the Staples Center arena said the city attorney bullied and threatened him in an effort to recover millions of dollars the city spent to police last summer's Michael Jackson memorial.
The nation's medical costs will keep spiraling upward even faster than they are now under Democratic legislation pending in the House, a report from government economic experts concluded Wednesday.
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.
Early estimates from congressional budget umpires show that House Democrats are close to President Barack Obama's $900 billion target for health care legislation, a spokesman for Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday.
With annual “open enrollment” season approaching for choosing health care options, get ready to pay more. No matter what happens with national health care reform, employers already are shifting part of the rising cost of care to employees.
Even though consumer prices have fallen in the past year, President Barack Obama says that's not the case for health care costs.
A Russian business newspaper says the 2014 Sochi Olympics budget will be more than $33 billion, nearly triple the original estimate.
If you're uninsured or in a health plan that requires you to pay a high annual deductible, you may be interested in learning more about the price of medical procedures. Here are some tips from the experts:
The long-term economic costs of a climate bill being considered in Congress would be "comparatively modest" in light of expected overall economic growth over the next 40 years, according to a congressional report released Friday.
Flower shop owner Bob Hausheer would like to know why he can't walk into a doctor's office and see a list of prices.
A rundown of the new spending in Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' health care overhaul bill, and a look at how it's paid for. The numbers are 10-year totals covering 2010-2019. Baucus pegs the overall cost of his plan at $856 billion over a decade; the Congressional Budget Office puts it at $774 billion. Baucus aides say the discrepancy is mainly because Baucus is adding up all the costs of the bill to get a gross total, while CBO uses some net numbers.
Small-business owners are begging for changes to the health care system, but they believe they have the most to lose when and if reform materializes.
The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance rose modestly again this year, but researchers predict a return to bigger increases that may eventually produce crippling premiums if left unchecked.
Airlines have been cutting passenger-carrying capacity by reducing the number of flights and using smaller planes instead of bigger ones on some routes.
President Barack Obama says Americans aren't getting their money's worth when it comes to health care.
Heating costs this winter figure to be cheaper for much of the country than they were a year ago, thanks to a glut of natural gas and fuel oil and a recession that's pushing down demand.
At a town hall style meeting, a Montana man bluntly challenged President Barack Obama's contention that he can overhaul health care without raising Americans' taxes to pay for it.
President Barack Obama says he's no "big-spending Obama," telling Republicans and other critics that he won't sign a health care bill that adds to the deficit.
A growing chorus of medical professionals, researchers and ordinary citizens contend that the touchy topic of individual responsibility has been ignored in the health reform debate.
Climate change legislation before Congress would boost electricity prices by about 20 percent by 2030, although most of the increases wouldn't begin until after 2020, a government analysis concluded Tuesday.
Health-care spending likely to hit record, report says - The Globe and MailIn Canada, spending can be divided into three categories: hospitals, drugs and physicians.
Stop Financial Aid for Wealthy StudentsIn the space of several months in late 2007 and early 2008, Harvard, Yale and several other highly selective universities enriched their financial aid programs to guarantee that students from families well up the economic ladder would get sizable grants to attend their institutio …
CMS: House health bill will hike costs $289BThe House-approved healthcare overhaul would raise the costs of healthcare by $289 billion over the next 10 years, according to an analysis by the chief actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Fire brigade bills fairground ride victims for rescue Fourteen people rescued by the fire brigade after being left dangling upside down from a Berlin fairground ride last summer for nearly an hour have been slapped with a hefty bill, a spokesman said Monday.
Health Care Reform Is Moral Battle for the Soul of a NationIn all the lobbying and bargaining in Washington, D.C., we seem to have forgotten about the moral imperative to take care of the sick. One issue that is bandied about is that a public health care option would be too expensive. Why are we counting cost? This is America.
FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat WASHINGTON – Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry.
Small Business Faces Sharp Rise in Costs of Health Care As Congress nears votes on legislation that would overhaul the health care system, many small businesses say they are facing the steepest rise in insurance premiums they have seen in recent years.
Massachusetts universal coverage does not reduce ED visits, polls sayPublic Option will neither improve America's health nor reduce costs (bend the curve down).
Insurers mount attack against health reformOn eve of critical vote, insurance industry group mounts last-minute attack on reform effort
From recession to depression? What to do now Money is tight right now, as we all know. Seeing a movie, going out to dinner, even buying an impromptu cup of coffee -- things many of us used to do without a second thought -- now need to be factored into the monthly budget.
Toyota to recall 3.8 million vehicles The recall will affect 2007-2010 model year Toyota Camry, 2005-2010 Toyota Avalon, 2004-2009 Toyota Prius, 2005-2010 Tacoma, 2007-2010 Toyota Tundra, 2007-2010 Lexus ES350 and 2006-2010 Lexus IS250 and IS350.
Asian Times has 20 questions for the Obamba Administration about 9/11, and you know they work for the Pope!!!Osama "dead or alive" bin Laden would rather lose his kidney than pass up the opportunity to celebrate the eighth anniversary of September 11, 2001, on the United States.
Why Healthcare May Always Cost a FortuneEven if a health care reform bill is passed, this article expresses the view that health care costs will remain very high, unless we take better care of our health.
To Cut Healthcare Costs, Let's Start With the Secret PricesPublicly disclosing prices for medical procedures in advance is advocated in this opinion piece. While I realize some complications, etc., cannot be foreseen in advance, I think this piece makes good sense in many respects.
Dem Senator Warns of 'Big, Big Tax' on Middle Class in Baucus BillIt's not every day that you hear a Democratic senator charge that a fellow Democrat is proposing to raise taxes on the middle class, but that is what happened on Tuesday when Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., ripped into the health-care bill developed by Sen.
To Cut Healthcare Costs, Let's Start With the Secret PricesAs President Obama said again in his recent address to Congress, an imperative for health reform is containing runaway health costs.
Poll Finds Most Doctors Support Public OptionAmong all the players in the health care debate, doctors may be the least understood about where they stand on some of the key issues around changing the health care system.
An Examination Of Medicare Cost And Quality IssuesChronic conditions and readmission to the ER trigger significant costs to the hospital system and Medicare while efforts are underway to save Medicare money by preventing hospital infections and falls.
Two NYT Op-Eds on Health Reform: One Air Ball, One Head FakeThe Sunday New York Times turns over two large op-ed spaces to former Senator Bill Bradley and former Bush Council of Economic Advisers Chair, R. Glenn Hubbard. I don't know why they bothered.
Fear, Greed and X-RaysAlong with over-scanning, over-biopsying, over-blood-working and other diagnostic excesses, fear propels over-treatment. Anytime a physician diverges from standard U.S. treatment protocols, nearly all of which skew toward expensive drugs and surgery, lawsuit-fear looms.
Medicare Will Be Bankrupt by 2019 - by Tom Schatz - Budget & Tax NewsThe trustees estimate the fund for hospital bills in the Medicare program will run dry by 2019, seven years sooner than predicted last year, largely thanks to the new Medicare bill. Medicare begins dipping into its trust fund for the first time this year.
Millionaire suing ex-wife for £300,000 after raising two children he thought were his ownA millionaire is suing his ex-wife for damages after discovering that two of their three children were fathered by another man. The 48-year-old issued a High Court writ against his former wife and her lover for conspiring to trick him into believing he was the natural father.
Care costs for undocumented immigrants stack up On a quiet street in northwestern Miami, a Jackson nursing home serves 60 undocumented immigrants -- some paralyzed, quite a few on ventilators -- costing Miami-Dade taxpayers about $318 a day per patient.
I looked up the summary of the Health Care Public Option posted by the House Ways and Means Committee. It is at the bottom of this article.
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