New Minnesota district map could benefit Democrats
Washington Post
A court-appointed redistricting panel in Minnesota on Tuesday released a congressional map that could help Democrats pick off a seat or two in the coming elections. The big headline coming out of the map was how Reps. Michele Bachmann (R) and Betty ...

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Tracking Specialty Drug Spend Covered Under Medical Benefit, Greatest Gap for Plan Sponsors
msnbc.com
Less than 20% of plan sponsors can track their specialty drug spend covered under the medical benefit according to a survey conducted by the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) in the Fall of 2011. The study surveyed 291 employers, health plans ...

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The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Real Crisis
Forbes
On February 1, American Airlines—which declared bankruptcy last November—announced plans to end defined benefit pensions as part of its Chapter 11 restructuring plan. If approved by bankruptcy court, the airline would turn over its defined ...

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Automated Benefit Services Selects MEDecision Health Management Platform for Expansion to Accountable Care Administration
msnbc.com
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI and WAYNE, PA and LAS VEGAS, NV — HIMSS12 -- ABS, a leader in third-party benefits administration, and MEDecision Inc., the leading provider in health management solutions, today announced that Automated Benefit Services ...

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Journalists’ risks benefit us all
Miami Herald
In April, New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid was asked, on the NPR talk show On Point, why he kept taking terrible risks to cover conflicts in the Middle East. Shadid, in his typically modest fashion, admitted this was “a perfectly le ...

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Ed Miliband to seize on £580 cost to families of tax and benefit changes
The Guardian
Tax and benefit changes will cost the average family with children £580 from April, according to the thinktank Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, is expected to highlight the IFS findings in a speech on Saturday ...

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Asheville java joints benefit Pisgah Legal for justice
Asheville Citizen-Times
For more information about Java for Justice or to make a donation, call Pisgah Legal Services at 253-0406 or toll free at 800-489-6144, or visit www.pisgahlegal.org. ASHVEILLE — Five coffee shops helped host the first Java for Justice event on ...

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Bill would benefit big charter school firms
Miami Herald
TALLAHASSEE -- A legislative plan to give charter schools a cut of local school districts’ construction money would steer millions of additional dollars to large charter-school networks that are already sitting on tens of millions of dollars ...

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Preservation tax credit increase could benefit Terre Haute greatly
Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — Terre Haute has its share of historic commercial structures, many already designated in state and federal historic areas, and many left unused or underutilized. If House Bill 1111, which has already passed the Indiana House of ...

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Gingrich backer willing to give $100M to benefit former House speaker
CBS News
The billionaire casino magnate backing Newt Gingrich said he is prepared to give $100 million to help the former House speaker in his quest for the White House if he decides it is necessary. Sheldon Adelson, who has already given $11 million to ...

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