One cannot say that Gabe Newell and Valve are without vision or ambition. At the upcoming Game Developers Conference in March, the company will be delighting the public with updates on its foray beyond digital game distribution and into gaming hardware. While there will indeed be many eyes on its Steam machines and controllers, perhaps the spotlight for that week … Continue reading
The most exciting thing about the upcoming Geneva Motor Show is the supercars, but the road and driver-friendly companies have new models to show off as well. French automaker Peugeot is introducing its revised model 208. Peugeot’s 208 is their compact hatchback model, and it’s been the bestseller amongst the other Peugeot models. As far as looks go, it seems … Continue reading
Cheap, effective and—above all—safe weight loss drugs could help ease the obesity epidemic. These mice demonstrate how a new weight loss jab called morpholino works, as they scuttle along a treadmill.
The good news is the uninsured rate in the U.S. has fallen to a record low. The bad news is the benefits of health care reform aren’t reaching a large swath of the country.
Over the last year, the uninsured rate in the U.S. fell 3.5 percentage points, from 17.3 percent in 2013 to 13.8 percent in 2014, according to the latest data from Gallup. That’s the lowest yearly rate that’s been recorded by Gallup’s Well-Being Index.
According to Gallup, much of the decline can be linked to President Obama’s health care reform law, which implemented a number of new policies to help Americans afford health insurance. But some states’ refusal to adapt Obamacare’s key provisions are causing a startling gap in uninsured rates across the country.
The states with the highest uninsured rates in 2014 are pretty much all found in the South, the Gallup poll found.
Not coincidentally, all 10 of the states with the highest uninsured rates have refused to carry out two key parts of Obamacare.
“States that have implemented two of the law’s core mechanisms — Medicaid expansion and state health exchanges — are seeing a substantially larger drop in the uninsured rate than states that did not take both of these actions,” Gallup announced. “Consequently, the gap in uninsured rates that existed between these two groups in 2013 nearly doubled in 2014.”
That said, two southern states — Arkansas and Kentucky — saw the sharpest declines in their uninsured rates, which fell by 11.1 and 10.6 percentage points, respectively. Both states expanded Medicaid and had implemented state exchanges. (Arkansas had a state-federal partnership in 2014 and is transitioning to a state-run exchange.)
Ten out of the 11 states that saw their uninsured rates fall the most had expanded Medicaid and offered either a state-run exchange or a state-federal partnership.
It’s a good time to be in the market for a new car – especially if you plan to finance the purchase, as nine out of 10 Americans do. Buyers with good credit can take advantage of some very low interest rates.
Apple is reportedly readying substantial changes to how it runs its Genius Bar support service in-stors, according to 9to5Mac. While the current walk-in system requires the customer to explain the issue then be given an appointment soon after, the ne…
Republication Rep. Aaron Schock from Illinois has been spending taxpayer money on renting private jets, getting massages and taking his staff to sold out concerts, according to The Associated Press. And, get this: AP says it has confirmed all those t…
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Uber’s connecting with a crowdsourced safety app and, eventually, local government to help improve conditions in New Delhi, India. The company announced a partnership with SafetiPin, a firm that collects location-based info and offers a “safety score…
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