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...income Americans and small businesses to help them buy insurance? Starting in 2013, the Federal Government would offer a refundable tax credit to low- and middle-income individuals and families who purchase certain policies through the state exchanges. The credit would be available to individuals and families who earn up to 300% of the federal poverty level, which for a family of four would be about $66,000 in 2009. It would be provided on a sliding scale, with the level of credit "based on the percentage of income the cost of premiums [not including deductibles or copays] represents, rising...
...credit to offset their contribution to the costs of the policies. An employer with up to 25 full-time employees whose average annual wages are no more than $40,000 would have access to some part of the credit, though only companies with no more than 10 employees who earn an average of less than $20,000 a year would be eligible for the full credit. In 2011 and 2012, the full credit would be up to 35% of a small business's contribution, and starting in 2013, employers that purchase their policies through the state exchanges could claim...
...years and the namesake of Hollis Hall and the Hollis library catalog. According to Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes’s speech at the ceremony, the area where Tercentenary Theater now stands was once the college’s pasture, where high-ranking professors would earn the right to let their cattle, then considered a must-have accessory, graze on what Gomes called the “wild backyard.” “Pasturing cows in those days was equivalent to a parking permit,” stated Gomes in front of the boisterous...
...York Cheating the Poorest Low-income workers regularly earn less than minimum wage and are often denied proper overtime pay, according to one of the largest recent studies of wage-law violations. Interviews with nearly 4,400 people in sectors such as retail and child care found that on average, workers did not receive 15% of their rightful pay. Employees injured on the job also reported widespread pressure not to file for workers' compensation...
...Raising the status of women in many communities requires a multifaceted approach because gender discrimination is ingrained in so many parts of everyday life. SEWA, for example, provides vocational training in a huge number of different trades so women can earn their own incomes. Reading and writing are essential for even basic things, like reading the numbers on buses and the prices in stores; therefore SEWA started literacy programs and its own university for younger members. It schools women in basic first aid and provides counseling and child support for widows. It has established its own bank because no other...