Kaiser Family Foundation release, 2/28/08: “Statehealthfacts.org recently added new and updated data on Medicare – CMS data on total Medicare enrollment as of January is available for all states and the nation. In addition, CMS data on the prescription drug coverage status of Medicare beneficiaries has been updated up to January. The updated drug coverage data include the total number of beneficiaries with creditable drug coverage, the number of beneficiaries by drug coverage type and the distribution of beneficiaries by coverage type. The site also updated data from CMS on Medicare drug plan beneficiaries receiving the low-income subsidy as of January for all states and the nation.”
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Daily Archives: March 1, 2008
Barry Bonds Grand Jury Testimony Unsealed
As reported by Courthousenews.com: “The judge had urged both the prosecution and defense to unseal various documents in an earlier hearing and both sides have since agree to the unsealing of Bonds’ testimony (152 pages, PDF).” Continue Reading
EU Safer Internet Plus Programme
“The Safer Internet plus programme aims to promote safer use of the Internet and new online technologies, particularly for children, and to fight against illegal content and content unwanted by the end-user, as part of a coherent approach by the European Union.” Make the internet a safer place, February 2008: While the international context is… Continue Reading
CBO: Taxes and Health Insurance
Congressional Budget Office Presentation to The Tax Policy Center and, the American Tax Policy Institute, Taxes and Health Insurance, February 29, 2008 Continue Reading
New Air Force Policy Limits Use of Blogs on the Job
US Air Force shoots down blogs, airmen frustrated, by Ryan Paul: “The United States Air Force has stirred up controversy with a new Internet filtering policy that aims to prevent Air Force personnel from reading blogs while on the job. The ban has been implemented by the Air Force Network Operations Center (AFNOC), which houses… Continue Reading
Celebrate Women's History: 2008
“Women have made great strides in the fight for equality, but gender bias continues to create huge barriers for manyespecially immigrants, women of color, women with low incomes, and victims of domestic violence. Women’s History Month draws attention to the women who have fought for the rights we have today, and at the same time… Continue Reading
InsideCounsels 2008 Comp Report
“InsideCounsels 2008 Comp Report measures law department compensation using Hildebrandts Law Department Survey and Altman Weils Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey. Hildebrandt surveyed 202 companies on 2006 year-end data. The median respondent company had more than $10 billion in worldwide revenues, 20,000-plus employees and a U.S. law department with nearly 30 lawyers. Altman Weil used… Continue Reading
China Prepares Internet Connectivity Exclusively For Olympic Attendees
The Connection Has Been Reset, by James Fallows. “In reality, what the Olympic-era visitors will be discovering is not the absence of Chinas electronic control but its new refinementand a special Potemkin-style unfettered access that will be set up just for them, and just for the length of their stay. According to engineers I have… Continue Reading
