Archive for October 9th, 2006
It is a popular misperception that Walmart’s wage scale increases Medicaid spending. In reality, if Walmart was forced to contribute to Medicaid, for employees without private health insurance, government spending (your money!) would increase by one dollar for every dollar Walmart would contribute be forced to pay.
If that isn’t enough, people would actually be encouraged to seek Medicaid rather than private insurance.
Ironically, Maryland’s Fair Share law would have made this worse. For every Wal-Mart employee earning $20,000 who did not receive health benefits from the company, Fair Share would have levied a surtax of $1,600, payable to Maryland Medicaid.
However, this would have automatically pulled in another $1,600 from the federal government - which would have increased the incentive for employees to stay on (or move to) Medicaid rather than seek good private health insurance.
Read all the details here.
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Business First points out that Verizon has expanded its FiOS internent service to West Seneca.
The expanded fiber-optic network delivers faster data speeds, clearer voice services and the capability to provide video services in the future. Customers in West Seneca will now be able to order FiOS Internet (fiber optic services), offering speeds faster than what they could receive over copper lines.
FiOS offers blazing speeds, at very reasonable prices, that blows away cable and regular DSL internet service. Plans start at $34.95/month, with a one year agreement. You can get lightning speeds of 15 mbps down and 2 mbps up for only $44.95/month.
I am looking forward to the day the service is available in North Buffalo. According to Verizon, the last time I spoke with them, the service will be available to Canisius College soon and will radiate out into North Buffalo in early 2007.
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A prosecutor handling an appeals case was tossed by the 3 judge panel after publishing a book with remarkable likeness to the case.
“It is understandable that petitioner would question whether his constitutional rights will be protected by a prosecutor who writes a fictional account about a case similar to his own in which the defendant is depicted as a vile brute,” Justice Kenneth Yegan wrote in the unanimous opinion.
Deputy D.A. Joyce Dudley denies that the crime novel has any impact on the case. I guess the D.A. was bored and needed to stir up some drama in her life.
Published in January, “Intoxicating Agent” chronicles 48 hours in the fictional life of Santa Barbara County prosecutor Jordon Danner. With “the poise and sexiness of a dancer, the brains of a scholar, and the protective passion of a mother,” Danner fights to put away a defendant described alternately as a “pig,” a “heartless bastard” and a “dirt bag” who is accused of raping a drunk but community-serving victim.
