Daily Headlines: November 18, 2013

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Why is David Cutler Shilling for the Administration?

This was in a Cutler editorial in the Washington Post last Friday: In 2007, Obama asserted that his health-care reform plan would save $2,500 per family relative to the trends at the time. The criticism was harsh; I know because I helped the then-senator make this forecast. Yet events have shown him to be right. [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/why-is-david-cutler-shilling-for-the-administration/

Schizophrenia about High Deductibles

You may remember that when Health Savings Accounts were introduced there was almost universal outrage among liberals about the horrendous burden cost-sharing places on all but “the healthy and wealthy.” A press release issued by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) within a week of the Ways and Means committee approving an HSA [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/schizophrenia-about-high-deductibles/

Latin America at Forefront of Oil Shale Shake-up - Institutional Investor (subscription)

Latin America at Forefront of Oil Shale Shake-up Institutional Investor (subscription) Latin America could add plenty of fresh fuel to that scenario. The region has 1,817 trillion cubic feet of recoverable shale gas and more than 40 billion barrels of oil, according to estimates by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The ...

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Grenada: The 30th Anniversary of the US Invasion - Pravda

Grenada: The 30th Anniversary of the US Invasion Pravda The subsequent military actions, involving over 7,000 US troops, led to hundreds of casualties including Grenadians, resident Cubans, US soldiers, and Regional Security System soldiers (RSS) from neighboring islands. Once on the front page of every ...

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Descubren volcán activo en la Antártida

Científicos han descubierto un nuevo volcán humeante a un kilómetro bajo el hielo de la Antártida occidental, y alertan de la posibilidad de que su calor aumente la tasa de pérdida de hielo de una de las principales corrientes del continente. El hallazgo, publicado en la revista Nature Geosciene, se produjo cuando un equipo de expertos investigaba la región de Marie Byrd Land, en la Antártida occidental.



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Irán suspenderá el diálogo si Estados Unidos endurece sanciones

Mohamed Hasán Asafarí, diputado del Parlamento de Irán, advirtió que Teherán abandonaría las conversaciones con el Sexteto si el Congreso estadounidense endurece las sanciones. "El Congreso de EE.UU. últimamente ha intentado ampliar las sanciones sobre Irán. Hemos tomado la decisión de suspender las conversaciones con el Sexteto si el Congreso aprueba la ley sobre sanciones", dijo el miembro del Comité de Seguridad Nacional.



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