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Accuracy of Health Insurer Website Data Challenged

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Errors Infect Doctor Lists on Web – Wrong Numbers, Dead Practitioners Found on Health Insurers’ Online Directories:

  • “…some spot-checking by The Washington Post in recent days found a number of inaccuracies in the online directories of four large health insurers that serve the Washington region. They include wrong phone numbers and addresses and doctors who are deceased, who closed their practices more than two years ago or whose licenses have been suspended.”

    • Dems on House Intelligence Cmte Call for Declassification of 9/11 Report

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    Press release from Rep. Jane Harman, August 7, 2003: House Intelligence Democrats Call on Administration to Declassify Major Portions of 9/11 Report and Request Committee Investigation of Foreign Support for Terrorists. Congressional Reports: Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 Continue Reading

    IRS Online Child Tax Credit Calculator

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    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a website, Where’s My Advance Child Tax Credit, for taxpayers to obtain information on the status of their credit. This release coincides with the following: Beginning the last week of July, eligible taxpayers who claimed the Child Tax Credit on their 2002 tax returns will automatically receive an advance… Continue Reading

    New Website Tracks Bush Campaign Contributions

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    A new website and blog, from Ralph Nader’s organization, Public Citizen, tracks the flow of money from private sources to President Bush’s 2004 campaign. The site documents the dates/locations/key fundraisers at Bush campaign events (currently showing information from June 17-September 5), reports on contributors and political appointments, and background information on How the Presidential Public… Continue Reading