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Reaction is mixed to President Obama's plan to prevent up to 4 million homeowners whose mortgages are underwater from defaulting on their loans over the next three years...
...latest initiatives are aimed at slowing the steady stream of homes that are headed toward foreclosure. The number of households receiving foreclosure filings, which includes default notices, auction-sale letters and bank repossessions, was 2.8 million in 2009, up from 2.3 million in 2008, according to Rick Sharga, vice president of marketing for RealtyTrac. He expects filings to increase to 3 million this year...
Treasury officials emphasize that the program will not save every troubled homeowner. They say it targets 3 million to 4 million of the 12 million who are expected to wind up in foreclosure in the next three years...
...time when 46 million people lack health insurance and rising premiums outpace the growth in wages, healthcare required far-reaching reform. Left to the status quo, more and more Americans would lose coverage due to soaring costs, and system inefficiencies restricting the quality of care would engulf the industry. And with retiring Baby Boomers mounting additional stress on providers, the situation called for bold and decisive action. This legislation puts America on track to solve these pressing issues by insuring 32 million people and enacting consumer protections that will counter the host of problems plaguing the system...
Bruce J. Wasserstein, who also graduated from the Law School and passed away last year, donated $25 million for the building...