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...whether it's one national provider or it's broken into regional systems - could create a large enough pool (or pools) of patients to be able to offer lower premiums than those now offered to individuals and small businesses. In addition, a public insurance plan would not have to cover overhead for marketing or profit margins, part of the reason it would have substantially lower administrative costs. (By some estimates, Medicare's administrative costs account for less than 5% of total costs, compared with up to 20% for private insurers...
Foreign reporters in Iran to cover last week's elections began leaving the country Tuesday after Iranian officials said they would not extend their visas...
...Financial Times reports that "Iran on Tuesday banned journalists working for foreign media from leaving their offices to cover protests in the capital." Wire services also announced that due to the ban on their photographers' covering the demonstrations, they were forced to relay only images from official Iranian sources...
...June 4, Steven Johnson sent a tweet to his more than 500,000 followers on Twitter, informing them that he had written this week's cover story about how Twitter is changing the way society communicates. That tweet is also this week's cover image. I know this is all a bit meta and like trying to capture digital lightning in a jar, but we thought it was a way of illustrating how new platforms and social networks are changing the way we communicate and live...
...Once the new bill becomes law, the FDA will have the regulatory power over the tobacco industry that has eluded them over the past two decades. Among the new restrictions are a ban on tobacco advertising within 1,000 ft. of schools and playgrounds, a requirement that warning labels cover 50 percent of the front and back of cigarette packs and the end of sweetened and spice-flavored cigarettes. President Obama (who has struggled with his own nicotine addiction) lauded the bill, saying in a statement that its passage "truly defines change in Washington." He is expected to sign...