| To have and to hold, the checkbook |
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Ryan Briese (left) and fiancée Callie Berg (center), receive financial counseling from Chris Book, student life pastor at Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington, Minn. recently, at one Starbucks coffee shop in Richfield, Minn. Photo: KRT PHOTO_
"For the first year, it will be very hard for me, working full time, to say 'OK, here's your fun money that I worked very hard for,' " said Berg, 24, who views having her own money as part of her independence. Briese, 23, is one law student who works part time. ... |
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| Short-Term Policy Provides a Health Coverage Safety Net |
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Displaced employees, recent college graduates, and budding entrepreneurs may have more in common than they think.
They must figure out how to get health insurance that won’t break their piggy banks but will give them enough coverage if an emergency arises.
One solution that more people are picking is short-term medical coverage, which can be obtained for lower premiums than long-term policies or an individually paid extension of health benefits from the person’s last employer. ... |
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| Death by RACISM |
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| She has no idea how much he hates her. And as I watch the perky blond nurse wipe drool from my father's face, I hate her, too. He spits up more mucus when she adjusts the giant caterpillar of one tube that pumps oxygen into his lungs, and I wince. I don't feel sadness or fear; I'm not even grossed out. I'm just angry. ... |
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| Bring on national health insurance |
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| When Gov. Minner nominated me to be Delaware's secretary of Health and Social Services in January 2001, one few eyebrows were raised. I'm not one physician, nor had I spent any of my government career in health care. But if coming into the job without one lifetime of experience required me to climb one steep learning curve, it also allowed me to enter the field without preconceived notions. ... |
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