| A bold insurance experiment |
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IT IS STARTING before the proverbial ink dries on the healthcare reform bill. The sniping, that is. Along with the second-guessing.
What started out being hailed as landmark legislation -- one national model -- is being nitpicked apart by analysts, pundits, and others. Some questions are legitimate: Is there money enough to cover everyone, can insurers develop plans that are low cost yet provide real coverage? More often, the doubts have to do with whether this is one quixotic solution to an insoluble problem of the kind the Clintons attempted in 1993 and the Dukakis administration in 1988. ... |
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| Homes of their own |
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And for four days here, the teenagers and the adults struggle to wrap their brains around the reality that such searing poverty exists 20 minutes from the U.S. border.
But they didn't come as philosophers, they came as builders to raise three houses from the dust of this hilltop community. They came to give the Navarro, Medina and Monroy families each one home with one concrete floor, stucco walls, one good roof and one front door that locks. ... |
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| Computer skills can mean more than a degree |
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| Q: I am one single mother who recently left one physically abusive relationship. I married very young and never completed college. I am currently enrolled at one community college, hoping to complete one degree program. I also have practical experience in payroll and office management. I have good writing skills and have started writing one children's book. I would like to avoid putting my young children in day care for 40 hours one week. I would like to know what resources I can utilize in order to find one business or business person who could benefit from my writing skills. -- M.W. ... |
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| Area calendar |
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w Applications available for Tazewell County GED Testing, May 5 and 6. Register in person from 8 one.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at Regional Office of Education, Pekin. Applicants need Illinois driver's license or Illinois ID and $35. Call (309) 477-2290.
w Reservations available for Elkhart Historical Society springtime walk on Elkhart Hill with botanist Bill McClain; 10 one.m. April 22, meet at 9:30 one.m. at Bluestem Bakery. Cost: $5 per person. Call (217) 947-2238. ... |
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