The intended result-----UnitedHealth drops thousands of doctors from insurance plans

UnitedHealth drops thousands of doctors from insurance plans: WSJ - Yahoo News:
" UnitedHealth Group dropped thousands of doctors from its networks in recent weeks, leaving many elderly patients unsure whether they need to switch plans to continue seeing their doctors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

The insurer said in October that underfunding of Medicare Advantage plans for the elderly could not be fully offset by the company's other healthcare business. The company also reported spending more healthcare premiums on medical claims in the third quarter, due mainly to government cuts to payments for Medicare Advantage services.

The Journal report said that doctors in at least 10 states were notified of being laid off the plans, some citing "significant changes and pressures in the healthcare environment.""

Wimpification of America-Jevon Tyree of Rutgers Scarlet Knights says coach's bullying led him to quit

Jevon Tyree of Rutgers Scarlet Knights says coach's bullying led him to quit - ESPN New York:
"Tyree, 19, told the website that Cohen called him emasculating names and threatened to head-butt him during a study hall session."

Obama's america-----New undercover video: Hotel gives special rate to mothers having late-term abortions in Albuquerque

New undercover video: Hotel gives special rate to mothers having late-term abortions in Albuquerque | LifeSiteNews.com:
"The counselor tells the young woman that if she feels “something coming out” – she pauses, “um, the pregnancy coming out” – she should just “get your cell phone and just sit on the toilet.” She can stay there until facility personnel arrive.

“You don't have to look at anything. You don't have to clean anything up or nothing,” she said.

“What if it does come out when I'm on the toilet?” the reporter asks.

“You don't gotta look down,” the counselor says. “If you feel like it's too much to see any of it, then do not let yourself look at it.”"

Bozo's bids bust-2nd Packard bidder misses deadline; property now offered to Peru developer

2nd Packard bidder misses deadline; property now offered to Peru developer | Crain's Detroit Business: "The $2 million bid to buy the abandoned Packard plant has been scrapped.

Now Fernando Palazuelo, a developer from Peru, can buy the plant for $405,000, his bid during last month's Wayne County tax foreclosure auction. "
Palazuelo placed the third-highest bid for the plant at October's tax foreclosure auction.
...Hults had wanted to turn the plant – which sits on 40 acres and has long been the target of scrappers, vandals, graffiti taggers and arsonists – into a development with a 120-room luxury hotel, more than 750 lofts, 1,500 single-family residences, and commercial and dining space.

It would have also included light manufacturing space.

Best Black Friday deals 2013 | 2013 Holiday Gift Guide

Best Black Friday deals 2013 | 2013 Holiday Gift Guide - CNET Reviews:
"So what are the real deals this Black Friday?
Check out these top picks from CNET"
There are many Black Friday deals, but only a few worth 

paying attention to.

Staples (link to full ad circular)

Google Nexus 7 Tablet (2013, 16GB ) for $199

Samsung Galaxy S4 with 2-year contract for $0.01

HP Pavilion 14-inch Google Chromebook for $179.99

Microsoft Surface RT w/keyboard for $249.99

Lots more at link

16 American cities foreign governments warn their citizens about

16 American cities foreign governments warn their citizens about:
"Detroit: “The center is not recommended after the close of business.”"

Total Healthcare "Enrollment" As A Result Of Obamacare: -3.9 Million

Total Healthcare "Enrollment" As A Result Of Obamacare: -3.9 Million | Zero Hedge:
 ""We fumbled the rollout on this health-care law," could be President Obama's understatement of the century.
In the month-or-so since Obamacare was unleashed 106,185 people enrolled (based on a loose re-definition by the White House).
However, in that same period, the WSJ reports a stunning 4.02 million people received policy cancellations. So, in a month, a total of 3,918,205 fewer people are now 'enrolled' in a heathcare plan than before Obamacare.
So far, California, Florida, and Washington are suffering the most under Obamacare...

And here's the states where the coverage cancellations are the greatest..."

Wow! Catchin' up with my new friend Barack!

Friend --

I want to cut through the noise and talk with you directly about where we're headed in the fight for change.

That's why I'm getting on the phone with OFA supporters this Monday, November 18th.

Will you join me?

I have just over three years left as president -- and there's a lot left on my to-do list.

That's why I want to talk with you. You're the ones putting in the time and effort to achieve real progress, and fighting to make the agenda Americans voted for last fall a reality.

I know we all care about what we can get done together these next few years, so let's talk about how to make it happen.

Make sure you join Monday's call:

http://my.barackobama.com/Join-the-Call-on-Monday

Thanks -- I can't wait to catch up.

Barack

P.S. -- It's been a while since I've been able to do something like this -- I hope you can join the call.

Ummm Oprah....thanks........Oprah Winfrey says she refused to get 'buck naked' on screen

Oprah Winfrey says she refused to get 'buck naked' on screen | Mail Online:
"Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful women in the world, declared she would not be stripping off her lingerie to get ‘buck naked’ on screen"

Retired union workers facing 'unprecedented' pension cuts

Retired union workers facing 'unprecedented' pension cuts - Nov. 15, 2013:
"The proposal would allow cuts for those plans that are closest to insolvency.
According to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which insures pension plans, up to 10% of the roughly 1,500 multiemployer plans will run out of money in coming decades.
If cuts are allowed, retired truck driver Glenn Nicodemus, 63, could see his monthly benefits fall from around $3,300 a month to as little as $1,180. 
He retired in March after nearly 40 years on the road, and his only other source of income is $1,700 a month in Social Security benefits."

Sketching a president

Sketching a president | Rare:

We're doomed----Yellen Signals Continued QE Undeterred by Bubble Risk

Yellen Signals Continued QE Undeterred by Bubble Risk - Bloomberg:

Janet Yellen indicated she’ll press on with the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented monetary stimulus until she sees a robust recovery, downplaying risks the policy is inflating asset bubbles.

OMG! He's lost CNN! ----CNN's Berman Scoffs at ObamaCare Repeal; 'The Plan Passed'

CNN's Berman Scoffs at ObamaCare Repeal; 'The Plan Passed' | Media Research Center:
""Hold it. You can't let that go," Galen told Berman.
"Millions, Kiki, of people, have been told that their insurance is going to be canceled."
He added that in comparison, only "thousands" had been enrolled in ObamaCare's exchanges.
"So for you to say that more people are covered today than they were yesterday, effectively, is simply not correct.""

Steyn to Obama: 'Thanks a lot genius'

Steyn to Obama: 'Thanks a lot genius' | The Daily Caller:
"“[I]t was a pitiful performance today culminating in that line ‘what we are discovering is that insurance is complicated to buy,’” Steyn said on Hugh Hewitt’s Thursday radio show.
“Well, thanks a lot genius.
Maybe you should have looked into that before a guy who has never done anything in his life — never run a convenience store — decides he has the awesome super powers to governmentalize one-sixth of the economy.
Thanks for finally figuring out that the real world is more complicated than your faculty lounge abstractions. 
At some point, you know, Americans who voted for this guy — voted for a guy who has never done anything in his life and has just been wafted onwards to the next do-nothing gig before he was ever required to do anything ought to cringe under the bed in embarrassment for voting for this guy twice.”"

TSA Officer Bled For 33 Minutes In LAX Shooting

AP: TSA Officer Bled For 33 Minutes In LAX   Shooting « CBS Los Angeles: "LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — A new Associated Press report published Friday claims help was delayed for more than 30 minutes for the TSA agent who was fatally shot at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month.
Two law enforcement officials cited in the AP reports said paramedics waited 150 yards away because police had not declared the terminal safe to enter.
No officers rendered first aid on scene, according to surveillance video reviewed by the officials."

And that's still not enough? ----WH Predicts: Taxes Will Hit Record $3T in FY14--$29,673 Per Full-Time Worker

WH Predicts: Taxes Will Hit Record $3T in FY14--$29,673 Per Full-Time Worker | CNS News:
"In fact, the record $3,023,004,000,000 in tax revenues that the White House is predicting the federal government will rake in during fiscal 2014 not only exceeds the inflation-adjusted revenue taken in by the government in any previous year, it also equals $29,673 in tax revenue for every full-time worker in the country."

Economists and politicians didn't know this already???? The Poor Behave Differently From the Rich

Economists Discover the Poor Behave Differently From the Rich - Businessweek:
"The problem was that these models failed to predict the consequences of the austerity programs that several European countries adopted in 2010.
It turned out that actual people didn’t behave like the imaginary proxy.
Economists are learning that the poor and the wealthy respond differently to austerity and stimulus. 
This could present challenges to politicians. 
If people behave differently, then policy might have to treat them differently."

Why cities die. Give away all new revenue-------ADAC Automotive receives Muskegon tax breaks, commission praise for hiring practices

ADAC Automotive receives Muskegon tax breaks, commission praise for hiring practices | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI – Not only are Muskegon city commissioners elated with the expansions that have been occurring with ADAC Automotive, but also in the company’s hiring practices.

City Affirmative Action Officer Dwana Thompson and city commissioners were quick to praise ADAC officials prior to the commission’s unanimous approvals of a series of four tax breaks for a $7.3 million expansion in the company’s two Muskegon facilities that will create 90 jobs."

Our government at war wth its citizens-----Benghazi Survivors Given NDAs at CIA Memorial Service for Woods, Doherty

Benghazi Survivors Given NDAs at CIA Memorial Service for Woods, Doherty | The Weekly Standard:
"Two former CIA officials who fought in Benghazi on September 11, 2012, were asked to sign additional nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) more than six months after those attacks.
The two officials, who will testify Thursday before a subcommittee of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, were presented the nondisclosure agreements during a memorial service in May at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, honoring Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, two of the CIA-affiliated personnel who died during those attacks.

CIA officials have rejected persistent accusations that the Agency has sought to keep Benghazi survivors from sharing their stories."

You Are What You Eat, and You Eat What You Earn

You Are What You Eat, and You Eat What You Earn - Businessweek:
"There are plenty of reasons why Americans eat the foods they do, but two of the most important factors in determining diets are income levels and education.
An analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reinforces the notion that high earners with college degrees are more likely than other Americans to eat a healthy diet.
In the opposite corner, lower-income Americans without high school degrees are more likely to drink whole milk and eat beans cooked with animal fats. "

They are NOT our friends--China’s Communist Party to Set Up Security Committee Amid Growing Repression

China’s Communist Party to Set Up Security Committee Amid Growing Repression | Washington Free Beacon:
"China’s Communist Party announced this week it is creating a new high-level security organ amid growing signs that the collective dictatorship under President Xi Jinping is preparing for conflict abroad while stepping a crackdown on dissent at home."

University of Michigan spends $750,000 on fundraising kickoff

Public university spends $750,000 on fundraising kickoff | The Daily Caller:
"Administrators at the University of Michigan, taking to heart the old saying “one must spend money to make money,” chose to throw a lavish, $750,000 kickoff party for the school’s latest fundraising campaign."

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