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Prior to reading the these two articles on insider trading, I had not heard of this trial before and although I knew insider trading was a controversial topic, I did not realize the issue ran this deep. The case of the Unites States of America v. Todd Newman, Anthony Chiasson was clearly a landmark decision […]

I’d never considered the cost of health care. I’d always taken it for granted. For me, going to the doctor simply meant me and my doctor. It didn’t occur to me the finances and politics involved. Reading these articles brought these two elements and a myriad of other things into my view. The Patient Protection […]

The NYT article titled, Obama Health Law: Who it helped most, gave me an interesting perspective on something that hasn’t been really talked about. It discussed whom the law helped the most. According to their findings the law helped the people who seemingly needed it most, blacks, Hispanics, and people who live in rural America. […]

The Affordable Care Act has been one of the most significant healthcare legislations passed in recent decades, and has created numerous debates on its effectiveness, costs, needs and political agendas. After various technological mishaps, and countless advertisements both on behalf of the Obama administration as well as third-parties, 10 million more people have insurance in […]

As soon as something like “universal healthcare” is mentioned, Westerners usually rationalize that with dreaded communism ideology. A negative connotation associated with protecting everyone from hospital debt. And I find that very sad. Why can’t everyone be entitled to free healthcare? Why should U.S. citizens be subjected to paying insurance premiums with the insurance companies […]

Class 18: Affordable Care Act – Bless or Curse? It is hard to simply determine whether President Obama’s Affordable Care Act as positive or negative. The extent of the effects of the Affordable Care Act depends on the group of people in questions. Depending on one’s current health care statues, the act can cause both […]

The Affordable Care Act has made progress and it is explored in the articles today. One of the first questions everyone would have is if it’s working. It set out to decrease the number of uninsured people, provide more affordable health care, and make the population healthier. The Affordable Health Care act though is not […]

Having workers work off the clock is simply unfair – and even a form of slavery. Performing labor for no compensation is taking away wages from workers. Regardless of the laws in place that say companies are allowed to do “necessary actions” off of the clock, I believe that it is flat out wrong to […]

Class 17: Workers In Harm’s Way – The “Evil” Side of Large Companies. While we focus on the issue of income inequality, the low income that worker receives is not nearly the only issue that they are having today. It is important that we should assist the low income workers raise their earnings to a […]

The Forbes article discusses the FED’s intention to raise interest rates. This past week FED chair Janet Yellen (vaguely) discussed the FED’s plan going forward. Bottom line, as the title alludes to, it is 100% a question of time not a question of if. The FED cannot justify artificial manipulation of the markets by changing […]

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