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...Psychologists call this the Lake Wobegon effect - after the fictitious Minnesota town invented by Garrison Keillor, who described it as a place "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children are above average." We all tend to be overconfident about ourselves in surprising ways. About 90% of drivers think they are safer than the average driver. Most people also think they are less likely than others to get divorced, have heart disease or get fired. Likewise, according to a late-August poll by CNN/Opinion Research Corp., more than 60% of Americans surveyed...
...Along with many of the other Harvard memoirists, Aaron J. Greenspan ’04-’05 wrote a deeply personal account that ending up having a therapeutic effect...
...couple denies that the pets are a distraction to schoolwork, claiming that various studies have shown that pets can actually have a soothing effect and helps to relieve stress built up through...
...quick to point out that the bulk of the bill - the exchange, which will help small businesses and the 47 million people who are uninsured buy affordable insurance, along with subsidies to help those who can't afford it and new regulations of insurers' practices - wouldn't go into effect until 2013 (this is partly because of the complexity of setting up such a monumental enterprise and partly to help lessen the 10-year cost of the bill). Republicans daydream that Dems could be seen as passing a giant, expensive boondoggle with nothing to show for it. "People are already...
...counter that kind of attack, there are significant provisions in the bill that would go into effect immediately, according to a White House aide. The practice of rescission (nixing policies for dubious reasons when sick people need them most) and annual and lifetime spending caps that insurers place on some policyholders would immediately be banned. For those who can't get insurance because of pre-existing conditions, a catastrophic-care fund would immediately be set up to provide coverage. And as part of an agreement with the pharmaceutical industry, seniors who fall into the so-called doughnut hole (after they...