Death Spirals

A death spiral occurs when pricing in an insurance market spins out of control. If an insurance pool turns out to be more expensive than originally thought, the insurer must raise its premiums. As the premium rises, some healthy people drop their coverage. With a sicker group of enrollees, the average cost per enrollee will [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/death-spirals/

Chicago White Sox to sign Jose Dariel Abreu to six-year, $68 million deal

via Cuba Journal http://cubajournal.blogspot.com/2013/10/chicago-white-sox-to-sign-jose-dariel.html

EE.UU. interceptó 70,3 millones de comunicaciones en Francia

Estados Unidos interceptó 70,3 millones de comunicaciones emitidas desde Francia en 30 días entre finales de 2012 y comienzos de 2013, según documentos de la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad (NSA) publicados este lunes por Le Monde. Ese número de interceptaciones se produjeron entre el 10 de diciembre y el 8 de enero, con una media de tres millones diarias, aunque hubo un pico de casi siete millones tanto el 24 de diciembre como el 7 de enero, señala el periódico, que destaca el carácter "masivo" de este espionaje.



via Cubadebate http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2013/10/21/ee-uu-intercepto-703-millones-de-comunicaciones-en-francia/

Hurricane Raymond nears Mexico coast

A category three hurricane is slowly approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico, which only last month was badly hit by Tropical Storm Manuel.



via BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24606767#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Hurricane Raymond menaces Mexico's Pacific coast

Nearly a major hurricane, Raymond churned off the southern Pacific Coast of Mexico, threatening major tourist destinations.



via CNN.com - Latin America http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/21/world/americas/tropical-weather-raymond/index.html

Lift embargo on Cuba, Ghana tells US - BusinessDay

Lift embargo on Cuba, Ghana tells US BusinessDay The law was with a stated purpose of maintaining sanctions on Cuba so long as its government continued to refuse to move toward democratisation and greater respect for human rights. Quartey said it was necessary for the U.S. to lift the embargo which ...

via cuba - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFZmKvYhhEu8u7hJfmlo1y40WiUdg&url=http://businessdayonline.com/2013/10/lift-embargo-on-cuba-ghana-tells-u-s/

Is Diego Costa the man to break the mould?

Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa could be 'one who got away' for Brazil, writes BBC Sport Tim Vickery



via BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24608803