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...threshold, but the Congressional Budget Office said such a requirement would severely limit companies' flexibility and "make such insurance an essentially governmental program." Many states currently have MLR requirements, but most are below the federal level that would be established under Democratic health reform. The existing minimum baseline, established in non-binding guidelines from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, says that MLRs must be at least in the 50-60% range, depending on what other regulations are in place...
...There will be no lodgings in it, and it will be administering to the most vulnerable of refugees," says Philippe Lefilleul, a member of Secours Catholique. "Resistance to any facility was sufficiently high that we're having to limit what we do to minimum humanitarian levels...
...secure a berth on this baby, you'll need to shell out a minimum of $1,529 for a seven-night cruise, which breaks down to $218 a day. Not terrible for food, lodging and a Broadway show, not to mention the jazz revues, pools and aqua theater at your disposal. A luxury suite can put you out $7,609 a week, or $1,087 per day. Capacity across the industry has increased--15 ships have launched this year, including Carnival's Dream, and 12 set sail next year--so there are deals of less than...
Parents, meanwhile, need to keep the kid's crying to a minimum. And they definitely need to know when their son or daughter is too old to sit on Santa's lap. Otherwise, things can get weird...
...show up, either. Within a few years, their relatives invariably seem to materialize to set up shops selling cheap Chinese goods that threaten the livelihood of indigenous entrepreneurs. Locals who do get work on Chinese-funded projects complain that their bosses don't heed national labor laws ensuring minimum wage or trade-union protection. Over the past three years, anti-Chinese riots have erupted everywhere from the Solomon Islands and Zambia to Tonga and Lesotho. Tensions are also simmering in India, where the Chinese are involved in several major infrastructure projects. Even high-level officials are speaking up. In Vietnam...