In recent weeks, Dr. J. Mario Molina has anxiously approached lawmakers on Capitol Hill and governors across the country, warning them that the Republican efforts to overhaul the health care system could be devastating for insurers and patients alike.As head of the California company founded by his father, Dr. Molina has become one of the few insurance executives publicly criticizing the House bill, which he believes could strip away coverage for millions of their clients and cause considerable turmoil for the insurance industry. The major insurers have mostly stayed silent during the debate, supporting some of the Republicans’ provisions that promise near-term stability for the insurance exchanges and a repeal of a tax on health insurance.But while big insurers like UnitedHealth Group and Aetna have already largely abandoned the individual marketplaces, Molina Healthcare has been a mainstay of the current federal health care law, offering Medicaid plans in 12 states and Puerto Rico. It has signed up about one million customers in the state marketplaces, and more than doubled its revenue in the last three years to nearly $18 billion.But now Dr. Molina, a Democrat who took over Molina Healthcare in 1996 and runs it with his brother and sister, is warily watching the Republicans’ bill in the House as it comes to an expected vote on Thursday. Provisions that would cap federal funding for Medicaid to the states or cut subsidies for lower-income people threaten to upend some of the markets where Molina and other insurers have been trying to cement a baseline clientele.
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Merkel: Germany could ban Turkish campaign events after Nazi jibes – The Local
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday warned that Germany could ban future campaign events by Turkish politicians on its soil unless Ankara stopped “Nazi” jibes aimed at Berlin.Merkel stressed that such insults must stop – “no ifs, no buts” – and that Germany reserved the right to “take all necessary measures, including reviewing the permissions” for campaign events it had already granted.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the weekend accused Merkel of using “Nazi measures” after German local and state authorities had stopped several campaign events, citing logistical reasons, that were aimed at promoting support for an April 16th referendum on expanding Erdogan’s powers.A stern-faced Merkel said Monday that such comments were “breaking every taboo, without consideration for the suffering of those who were persecuted and murdered” by the Nazis.
Source: Merkel: Germany could ban Turkish campaign events after Nazi jibes – The Local
mysharona1987: This is from Fox News, by the way.
Nearly 1.4 Million Children May Die as “Four-Country” Famine Looms
Intractable war and brutal violence — along with climate change, drought and dire poverty — threaten children in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen.
Egyptian Aak 2017- Week 11 ( March 13-19)
Must read or at last scan material – Russia in Egypt!?!
Top Headlines
- Pope to visit Egypt next month
- President Sisi to meet Trump in Washington in early April
- Reuters: Russia appears to deploy forces in Egypt, eyes on Libya role
- Russia denies deploying airbase in Egypt
- Mubarak returns to his home in Heliopolis
- More than 2,200 kids may have been food poisoned in south of Egypt
- Parliament to discuss Red Sea’s Tiran and Sanafir deal despite court ruling voiding the agreement
Main Headlines
Monday
- Egypt’s Sisi pardons 203 prisoners in protest-related cases
- Citizens line up across governorates to get their share of subsidized bread
- Egypt sends condolences to Ethiopia for victims in landslide in Addis Ababa
- Second half of statue found in Cairo’s Matariya to be lifted from the ground
- Student forcibly disappeared for 81 days was questioned and accused of belonging to a banned group
Tuesday
- Russia denies deploying airbase in Egypt
- Parliament to discuss Red Sea’s…
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Chuck Berry tributes pour in: ‘Greatest rock‘n’roll writer who ever lived’ | Music | The Guardian
Bruce Springsteen spoke of Berry’s unparalleled abilities as a songwriter. “Chuck Berry was rock’s greatest practitioner, guitarist, and the greatest pure rock ‘n’ roll writer who ever lived,” he wrote.
Source: Chuck Berry tributes pour in: ‘Greatest rock‘n’roll writer who ever lived’ | Music | The Guardian
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منذ أيام وانا أحاول لجم نفسي عن الكتابة . فكل المواضيع كئيبة وضاغطة تفضي الى حالة من اليأس . المواضيع تتكرر في مأساويتها ولم يعد هناك اظلم من القعر الذي وصلنا اليه. كل يوم قصة متكررة لفساد وسوء إدارة واحتلال يتجذر فينا كشجر الزيتون الذي صرنا نراه على مداخل المستعمرات.
قصص بطولات انية . لا تخصنا . اما لشهيد نستنفذ روحه في غيائنا وبكاؤنا المصطنع , او في البحث عن بطل او مجرم نتكلم عنه لبضع أيام لننساه ونلتهي باخر وهكذا.
او طبعا مسابقة كاراب ايدول لتلهينا وتخرج مواهبنا المقموعة.
لن أتكلم عن بطولة ريما خلف باستقالتها قبل أسبوعين من موعد تقاعدها من اجل تقرير اممي اخر. ولن اتربص لعلا عوض الوزيرة التي يبدو انها لم تعد تعجب احدهم . ولن اعلق على موضوع خالدة غوشة واسقاطها لمتخابر مع الاحتلال. ولن اتناول موضوع منى الخطيب وعاهرة رام الله .
فلا يخفى على ريما خلف ان الجمعية…
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1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns | Open Culture
Watch 1,150 movies free online. Includes classics, indies, film noir, documentaries and other films, created by some of our greatest actors, actresses and directors. The collection is divided into the following categories: Comedy & Drama; Film Noir, Horror & Hitchcock; Westerns (many with John Wayne); Martial Arts Movies; Silent Films; Documentaries, and Animation. We also have special collections of Oscar Winning Movies and Films by Andrei Tarkovsky and Charlie Chaplin.
Source: 1,150 Free Movies Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns | Open Culture
Jamaica activist arrested after posting names of alleged sexual predators | World news | The Guardian
The co-founder of a new organization that campaigns against gender-based violence in Jamaica has been arrested after posting the names of alleged sexual predators on social media.Latoya Nugent, a prominent LGBT activist and co-founder of the Tambourine Army, was arrested late on Monday and charged with three counts of breaching the country’s Cybercrimes Act.
Trump travel ban: revised order blocked nationwide by Hawaii federal judge – live | US news | The Guardian
The ruling states: Because a reasonable, objective observer – enlightened by the specific historical context, contemporaneous public statements, and specific sequence of events leading to its issuance – would conclude that the Executive Order was issued with a purpose to disfavor a particular religion, in spite of its stated, religiously-neutral purpose, the Court finds that Plaintiffs, and Dr. Elshikh in particular, are likely to succeed on the merits of their Establishment Clause claim.And a stinging rebuke to the government:The illogic of the Government’s contentions is palpable. The notion that one can demonstrate animus toward any group of people only by targeting all of them at once is fundamentally flawed.



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