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Insurers cite uncertainty in filing ObamaCare rate hikes | TheHill

posted onAugust 10, 2017
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Insurers’ requests for premium increases in 2018 varied widely amid uncertainty surrounding how the Trump administration will implement ObamaCare, a new analysis finds. The Kaiser Family Foundation analyzed initial premium requests from 21 major cities, and found the rate requests ran the gamut from a 5 percent decrease in Providence, R.I., to a 49 percent increase in Wilmington, Del. Some areas saw more modest increases or virtually no change.  Premiums generally wind up being similar or equal to insurers’ initial requests, but this year is different.

Koch-backed group releases ads thanking lawmakers who support tax reform | TheHill

posted onAugust 10, 2017
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Americans for Prosperity (AFP) on Thursday announced that it's rolling out new digital ads on tax reform — the latest effort in the multimillion dollar campaign on the issue from groups backed by wealthy GOP donors Charles and David Koch. The ads thank lawmakers who back comprehensive tax reform that's in line with AFP's goals of more economic growth and a fairer tax system. About one dozen House and Senate members are being featured in the ads, including House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark M

At Least 50 Migrants Drown as Smuggler Throws Them Into Sea - The New York Times

posted onAugust 10, 2017
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — The migrants — average age 16 — were fleeing two desperate places, Yemen. But early Wednesday morning, as they were about to reach land, they were thrown into the Arabian Sea by a boatman they had paid to take them across the water, according to the United Nations migration agency. At least 50 of them drowned. Their attempted flight to a country consumed by war was a measure of the desperation of thousands of people from the Horn of Africa, where successiv

Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and Out - The New York Times

posted onAugust 10, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO — After leaving Harvard’s doctorate program in systems biology to join Google as a software engineer in 2013, James Damore joked on his Facebook page that he knew he had made the right move as he enjoyed a morning smoothie with oats. It was the type of workplace perk that is standard for Google employees. That initial assessment of Google seemed far removed from the contentious memo written by the 28-year-old Mr. Damore last week that has enraged advocates of greater diversity in the technology industry.