Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – Kansas and Oklahoma are the seventh and eighth states to get the thumbs down from the federal government on their requests to phase in new regulations that could result in health insurance rebates to consumers. Under the Affordable Care Act, companies that sell individual insurance policies must spend at [...]
Washington, DC, United States (KaiserHealth) – For Judy Ariba, one of the most harrowing moments in her battle against a rare form of leukemia occurred after she had already endured a long hospital stay and grueling chemotherapy: Her bill for a prescription cancer drug jumped from $10 to $1,700 a month. After Judy Ariba’s former [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Trollhattan, Sweden (AHN) – Spyker Cars, the Dutch owner of Saab, announced on Monday investments that will help it resume production and allow two Chinese firms to own more than 50 percent of the company. Pang Da Automobile and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus have agreed to invest a total of [...]
Matthew Borghese – AHN News Contributor Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN) – Video games are increasingly a part of American life as a new study finds 72 percent of households are gamers. Games now live on consoles, computers, mobile devices, the Internet and social media, with 82 percent of adults saying they play video [...]
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – A recent study on Americans and their spending found that many are holding back on nonessential spending, such as vacations or dining out, since the beginning of 2011 as a result of the rise in gasoline prices. “The sensitivity to gasoline [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Wolfsburg, Germany (AHN) – Germany’s largest automaker, the Volkswagen Group, on Friday reported it delivered 2.66 million vehicles worldwide from January through April of this year. That marked an increase of 13.9 percent over the first four months of 2010. That meant VW outperformed the world vehicle market by [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – British Transport Secretary Philip Hammond indicated that the government is ready to end the “war on the motorist” by hiking the motorway speed limit to 80 miles per hour from the current 70. In preparation for the change, Hammond sought a more thorough cost [...]
Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Consumer watchdog Which? has slammed British supermarkets for their excessive packaging, which contributes to pollution and landfill materials. The group found at least 50 products that is said had too much packaging. Which? cited as an example quadruple chocolate cookies sold in Tesco which [...]
Federal agency finds 80 percent of residents in four hard hit counties had flood insurance BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM While New Jersey officials angry over the denial of federal flood relief for residents of Passaic, Bergen, Essex and Morris counties who had their homes and businesses flooded in March, the state Office of Emergency [...]
Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) – There was an unprecedented thinning of the ozone layer over the Arctic region last winter, according to the United Nations’ meteorological agency. Scientists had anticipated the depletion, which is separate from another one in Antartica, but nonetheless urged vigilance to keep harmful ultraviolet light from [...]
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