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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Discussing:
- Happy 250th, pfft (1 reply)
- Alcoa Hwy construction to extend to 2030 (2 replies)
- Smith & Wesson noise problem (3 replies)
- Are Chat bots a waste of time? (1 reply)
- Musicians dropping out of President's Freedom Concert Series (1 reply)
- It's time for new blood in Congress, Barnett in - Burchett out (1 reply)
- Burning Down The House... (2 replies)
- Behind Lege Lies (1 reply)
- Peace (1 reply)
- Speak your truth, fight and believe. (1 reply)
- Large banks have too much AI data center debt? (1 reply)
- GOP misleading on federal health care funding (1 reply)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
- Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
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- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- 4 years after Dobbs, advocates clash over how far to take fight for later abortion access (TN Lookout)
- States that won’t obey Trump order will have their mail ballots halted, postmaster says (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee increases private-school voucher vendor contract by $356M (TN Lookout)
- Two ideas for good legislating in Tennessee (TN Lookout)
- Lunch with ‘mad as a murder hornet’ Trump and US Senate GOP fails to heal divisions (TN Lookout)
- Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passes (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Summey Cove Falls: Back to the ‘schwack’ (Knox TN Today)
- Cast Out (Knox TN Today)
- United Way wraps ’25 + First Century in Farragut + Food City promotes 2 ++ (Knox TN Today)
- ArtBeat: Spotlight on the local arts events and entertainment (Knox TN Today)
- $50 million more in value financed last week (Knox TN Today)
- Local student receives East Tennessee REALTORS scholarship (Knox TN Today)
- Beat the burn and the bugs with this summer deal (Knox TN Today)
- New Business Spotlight: Lapels Cleaners (Knox TN Today)
- Everyday Genius: Hotel room tricks (Knox TN Today)
- Weekend Scene from Candace Parker to Kismet and more (Knox TN Today)
- 6/25 HEADLINES: News and events from Knox, World, USA, Tennessee & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Celebrating 250: Fireworks, Freedom, and the Founders’ bookshelves (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Knoxville Weather: Seasonable Thursday and a little more humid (WATE)
- 'Can't buy these views' New greenway along Douglas Lake opens in Dandridge (WATE)
- Sevier County star quarterback details decision to commit to UConn (WATE)
- Contact advisory on Emory River lifted after train derailment in Morgan County (WATE)
- Clinton 911 dispatcher charged with rape of a child (WATE)
- East Tennessee leaders discuss how to address congestion along I-40/I-75 corridor (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Chattanooga 250: City rebuilds after Civil War as ‘Dynamo of Dixie’ - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Lawsuit alleging Tennessee student suspended from Christian school for being gay is settled - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- ‘Lynch you’: Hamilton County mayoral candidate sent threatening texts to school board members - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Novonix must repay $3M state grant after job creation falls short - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Column | At this point, the Reflecting Pool deserves an Emmy - The Washington Post (US News)
- Stock Market Today: Micron Earnings Spark Tech Rebound - WSJ (Business)
- We Found 303+ Amazon Prime Day Deals Worth Buying After Reviewing Thousands Of Sales - NBC News (Business)
- Darden Restaurants earnings beat estimates but Olive Garden growth weakens - CNBC (Business)
- Oil Prices Hover Around Prewar Levels as Gulf Shipping Resumes - The New York Times (Business)
- Centrist Democrats are freaking out about progressives’ winning streak - Politico (US News)
- US: Trump feuds with Senators after rare Iran war rebuke - DW.com (US News)
- Is college worth it? Here are the majors that pay off. - USA Today (Business)
- Texas Could Soon Move Bible Reading From Sunday School to Public School - The New York Times (US News)
- Meta culpa: Mark Zuckerberg is realizing there's a limit to ruthless efficiency - Business Insider (Business)
- Police: Body found in Independence home believed to be suspect in Kansas City highway shootings - KMBC (US News)
- Eric Adams confidant Frank Carone indicted in $120,000 bribery scheme - Politico (US News)
- Anthropic Accuses Alibaba of ‘Illicitly’ Accessing AI Models - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- President Trump kicks off Great American State Fair, sticks to script with speech - The Hill (US News)
- Camp Mystic files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, pausing flood lawsuits - Austin American-Statesman (US News)
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Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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