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While everyone agrees that allowing elderly and disabled Americans to stay in their homes is better from a fiscal standpoint, certain details of the CLASS Act have made it an easy target for critics. Examining the merits of these criticisms provides a window to understanding both the complexity of health care reform and why it's so ripe for mischaracterization. For instance, to prevent people from purchasing long-term-care coverage when they are already in need, the CLASS Act requires that enrollees be employed and pay into the system for five years before becoming eligible to collect benefits...
...schools must walk a fine line between protecting free speech and protecting students from one another. Liz Braun, Mount Holyoke's dean of students, says that from an administrative standpoint, it's a "very slippery slope." Even at Wesleyan, administrators have to tread lightly. The school told Frank he could not use its servers for his business, but, says director of media relations David Pesci, "We have other students who are entrepreneurs on campus who have businesses, and quite frankly, as long as they are conducting those businesses within the laws assigned to those areas, there's not much that...
...their pedestals. Kobe Bryant, whose jersey is again the NBA's most popular, has buried his legal troubles in the confetti of his latest championship. When the New York Yankees captured their 27th title in November, Alex Rodriguez's steroid use - a scandal botched as badly, from a p.r. standpoint, as Woods' mysterious car accident - took a backseat to story lines about how the revelation liberated him to focus on connecting with his teammates. (Read "Rachel Uchitel: Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress...
...Furthermore, long-term growth is propelled by productivity gains, not by consumer spending. From this standpoint, the outlook for stocks is even more promising. Companies have rigorously cut costs and positioned themselves for a rapid rise in earnings once top-line growth resumes. Annualized productivity growth in the second and third quarters of 2009 averaged 8.2%, the highest six-month average in 40 years and unprecedented for an economy just emerging from a severe recession. Indeed, third-quarter profits, now being reported, are running well ahead of estimates...
...There is no need for stricter regulations; they are already stringent enough," says Frank Petermann, an attorney specializing in medical law. "From a legal standpoint, it's difficult to understand how the Ministry of Justice can work out a draft bill that violates the Swiss constitution." That is one of the arguments that EXIT, Dignitas and other supporters of assisted suicide are vowing to use in their fight to maintain the existing law. "We will do all we can to combat this attempt at taking away our freedom," EXIT president Sobel vows. "If need be, we'll force a nationwide...