Thu
Oct 12 2017
09:02 pm
The vast majority of congressional members and staffers get their insurance through the Washington, DC, exchange, known as DC Health Link.
For most members of Congress, that means purchasing insurance through the DC exchange. In 2017, the exchange offered 57 plans in its gold tier, the tier from which the government requires members and staffers to purchase insurance.
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TN Politics
- Federal court upholds block on TN law making it a crime to aid minors seeking out-of-state abortions (TN Lookout)
- Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to investigation, document demands by Tennessee AG (TN Lookout)
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Knox TN Today
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- Treasures & Tales: When the candle said it was time to go home (Knox TN Today)
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- Jewel Brock: Enjoyed every job with KCS + TOA adds 3 docs ++ (Knox TN Today)
- COOL THOUGHTS (Knox TN Today)
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Local TV News
- DA to withdraw charges, re-present case to grand jury in Monroe County Jail death (WATE)
- How to donate during the Operation Honor Guard Day of Giving (WATE)
- Presidential visit, UT vs. Texas game set to cause major delays: What to know (WATE)
- Minor charged after hoax bomb threat at Powell Middle School (WATE)
- Vols offering fans half-off concessions during early entry at Tennessee-Texas game (WATE)
- How this Lady Vol turned a painful rebuke from Pat Summitt into a national title (WATE)
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State News
- Vols look to break 41-year drought against No. 1 teams - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Hargis: What we know with the TSSAA regular season halfway done - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- First Things First: Not every feeling needs fixing - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Xi says he’ll see Trump again soon as he wraps up US visit with a look at the Constitution - AP News (US News)
- Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi police say - AP News (US News)
- Hurricane Nolo, a zig-zagging storm, threatens Hawaii with flooding rains - NPR (US News)
- 3 Major Airlines Issue Travel Waivers For Weekend Nor’easter—Hundreds Of Flights Delayed - Forbes (US News)
- Embattled New Jersey Lt. Governor Resigns After Ethics Inquiry - The New York Times (US News)
- Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purges - NBC News (US News)
- US appeals court upholds Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic - Reuters (US News)
- Crocs says Five Below copied its famous clog design - USA Today (Business)
- Stock Market Today: Dow Gains 400 Points As Microsoft Jumps; Oil's Retreat Punches Chevron (Live Coverage) - Investor's Business Daily (Business)
- AI leaders attend Trump-Xi state dinner as Zuckerberg rejects coordinated AI safety - Fox News (Business)
- 10-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high—and some investors see opportunity to buy bonds - CNBC (Business)
- Brightline files for bankruptcy as SoCal-Las Vegas rail project faces delays - KTLA (Business)
- Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes supreme court’s handling of emergency docket - The Guardian (US News)
- Bill Gates Issues Warning About AI: ‘Never Been A Weapon As Powerful’ - Forbes (Business)
- Tesla finally moves to electrify trucking after a decade of work and delays - TechCrunch (Business)
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