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Thanking Our Troops

11/11/2009|America's Nightly Scoreboard

Thanking Our TroopsArun Gaudet chronicles 'The Way We Get By,' a movie about the senior citizens who greet troops returning from overseas.

Health-Care Reform Costs to Fall on Young?

11/11/2009|FOX Business

Health-Care Reform Costs to Fall on Young?Cato Institute's Michael Cannon on health-care reform's impact on young adults.

The Dangers of Big Spending

11/09/2009|Cavuto

The Dangers of Big SpendingRep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va) on what's next for the $1T health-care bill.

Public Option Impact on Health-Care Industry

11/09/2009|Bulls and Bears

Public Option Impact on Health-Care IndustryWinkenwerder Chairman Dr. William Winkenwerder and Path Medical Founder Dr. Eric Braverman on the effects of a national health plan.

Health Reform's Effect on Doctors

11/05/2009|Bulls and Bears

Health Reform's Effect on DoctorsAMA board member Dr. Nancy Nielsen on the AARP and AMA's endorsement of current health-care legislation.

Ford Announces New Inflatable Seatbelts

11/05/2009|FOX Business

Ford Announces New Inflatable SeatbeltsFord VP Sue Cischke on the automaker's new seatbelt technology.

Doctors Face Medicare Pay Cut

11/03/2009|FOX Business

Doctors Face Medicare Pay CutDr. David Jacobs on why medicare reimbursements hurt doctors' practices.

Hertz CEO: Increasing Fleet to Meet Demand

11/02/2009|Opening Bell

Hertz CEO: Increasing Fleet to Meet DemandHertz CEO Mark Frissora weighs in on the state of the rental car business.

NY Lifts H1N1 Requirements for State Workers

10/23/2009|Happy Hour on FOX Business

NY Lifts H1N1 Requirements for State WorkersFNC's Dr. Marc Siegel discusses concerns about swine flu.

Why the Fed Should Raise Rates

10/20/2009|Web Exclusive

Why the Fed Should Raise RatesWhy raising interest rates needs to be part of the Fed's exit strategy.

LATEST STORIES

Even After Madoff, Investor Scams Abound

By By Robert Powell| MarketWatch| Markets

alleged that "Wayde and Donna McKelvy, who were previously married and living in the Denver area, particularly targeted elderly investors or those approaching retirement age to finance such 'green' initiatives of Pennsylvania-based Mantria Corp

Story|11/19/2009

Novartis: Smaller Flu-vaccine Doses Suffice

By By Robert Daniel| MarketWatch Pulse| Markets

half the currently approved U.S. dose, "fulfilled immune-response criteria associated with protection in adults and the elderly ," those who are age 65 and older, the company said in a statement. The data "suggest that many more people could potentially

Story|11/17/2009

Department of Unsurprising News « John Stossel

Other Stories

President Obama's proposed overhaul of the nation's health-care system -- would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others, according to a government evaluation released Saturday. The report, requested by

Blog|11/16/2009

Steer Clear of Work-at-Home Scams

By Brigitte Yuille| WomenEntrepreneur.com| Personal Finance

from 3,662 in 2007 to 3,539 in 2008. Work-at-home schemes traditionally have involved stay at-home moms, the elderly and the disabled. But as a result of the recession, "the net is cast much broader" and "there are larger pools of fish

Story|11/10/2009

Health Care Battle May Pit Old vs. Young More Than Red vs. Blue « The Brian Sullivan Blog

The Brian Sullivan Blog

capped in most states and older people may pay five or six times as much. Young people don't want to pay more, while the elderly dont wan't their benefits cut. This may end up as the new battle front, leaving red vs. blue in the dust. about this

Blog|11/10/2009

Fund Sales Charges Are On The Way Out

By Chuck Jaffe| MarketWatch| Markets

meaning that the investments they select and sell to clients must be suitable for the buyer. No speculative penny stocks for elderly widows, for example; whatever they sell, they must believe that the investment is appropriate for the investment and the

Story|11/08/2009

House Democrats Scramble for Health Care Votes

Reuters| Markets

would spark the biggest changes in the U.S. health-care system since the creation of the Medicare health program for the elderly in 1965. Republicans object to the bill's price tag and what they say is its excessive government interference in the private

Story|11/06/2009

House Democrats Unveil Health-Care Reform Bill

Reuters| Markets

version of the government-run plan using lower rates pegged to Medicare, the government's health insurance program for the elderly and disabled, and could face resistance from liberals who preferred this plan. The healthcare measure being prepared for

Story|10/29/2009

Parenthood or Profit?

By Kathryn Glass| FOXBusiness| Personal Finance

longer looked at as the caretakers of their elderly parents. In fact, a 2003 study by The ..... children serve as informal caregivers for elderly parents, meaning less of these “investments ..... increasingly good job of providing for the elderly , and children have done less financially

Story|10/29/2009

Here Come the Bribes « John Stossel

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writes that the gravy train starts in Nevada, Reid’s home state. Nevada would get help with its Medicaid bills. The elderly in Florida and New York would receive additional Medicare benefits. And workers in so-called high-risk professions such

Blog|10/21/2009