Some Republicans long for the days before widespread health insurance, when you paid the doc out-of-pocket and didn’t overutilize services. Photo: Three Lions/Getty Images As Senate Republicans go through the valley of the shadow of death for their health-care plan, questions are again being raised about what they really want. Is it lower premiums for individual health insurance, particularly for the people (presumably many of them Republicans) who aren’t poor enough to qualify for Obamacare’s purchasing subsidies? Is it “entitlement reform,” focused on rolling back the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and then capping that program’s growth forever as a government-shrinking exercise? Is all the talk about health policy really just a disguise, as many liberals suspect, for an agenda of high-end tax cuts and low-end spending cuts that have little or nothing to do with Obamacare? The answers to these questions may be as various as the … [Read more...] about Some Republicans Dislike Health Insurance So Much They Don’t Mind If You Lose It
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India Ratings Cut GDP Forecast To 6.7 Per Cent For FY20
NEW DELHI: India Ratings on Wednesday lowered the country's growth forecast to six-year low of 6.7 per cent for the current fiscal from an earlier estimate of 7.3 per cent on account of slowdown in consumption and moderation in industrial growth among other factors. This would be the third consecutive year of subdued growth, India Ratings principal economist Sunil Kumar Sinha said here. Even on quarterly basis, he said, April-June is expected to be the fifth consecutive quarter of declining GDP growth at 5.7 per cent. Citing factors for moderation in growth, he said, it is mainly due to five reasons including a slowdown in consumption demand and manufacturing and delayed, uneven progress of monsoon so far. Besides, he said inability of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code to resolve cases in a time-bound manner, and rising global trade tension adversely impacting exports are pulling down GDP numbers. At this pace of growth, the target of USD 5 trillion by 2024-25 seems to be a far cry, he … [Read more...] about India Ratings Cut GDP Forecast To 6.7 Per Cent For FY20
With heated seats & auto-dimming mirrors, the 2019 Porsche Cayenne S is a luxuriously-convenient drive
By Hannah Elliott The 2019 Porsche Cayenne S is a five-person SUV executed with the bland precision we’ve now come to expect from some of the more established German car brands. It has a 434-horsepower engine, a high-quality well-built and thoughtful interior, and a fresh new 12.3-inch touchscreen dashboard you can customize to your own preferences. Those features, combined with its agile handling and powerful thrust, propel it to the top of the line in its segment of midsize luxury SUVs. But if we’re being honest, after that, the car isn’t particularly stunning. Minus that ladder-like front grill, its wide body is rather nondescript. Though augmented by a new taillight that wraps around the rear of the vehicle, it isn’t as edgy as the Lamborghini Urus. The accoutrements that come standard inside—air conditioning, heat, radio—aren’t as plush as the Bentley Bentayga, which unfurls deep lambswool and burled walnut for its guests. Yes, both of … [Read more...] about With heated seats & auto-dimming mirrors, the 2019 Porsche Cayenne S is a luxuriously-convenient drive
CNN Hits Three-Year Ratings Low Amid Impeachment Drama
CNN posted its lowest primetime ratings in three years over the Thanksgiving holidays, while Fox News posted higher ratings than CNN and MSNBC combined. Fox News averaged nearly 2.2 million viewers in primetime last week, including 303,000 in the coveted age 25-54 demographic, according to Nielsen Media Research. MSNBC averaged over 1.3 million viewers in primetime last week, with 187,000 in the 25-54 demographic, while CNN averaged just 643,000 primetime viewers, with 138,000 coming from the 25-54 demographic. (RELATED: Fox News Dominates CNN, MSNBC In Mueller Report)Tucker Carlson hosts “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Screen Shot/Fox News It was CNN’s worst primetime week in three years, and its worst week among the 25-54 demographic. The low ratings come as House Democrats have been conducting hearings on the impeachment of President Donald Trump. (RELATED: The Tide Is Turning Against Democrats On Impeachment) Fox News also topped cable news in total day ratings for the … [Read more...] about CNN Hits Three-Year Ratings Low Amid Impeachment Drama
FOREX-Dollar falls to one-month low on weak U.S. data; trade deal in focus
* U.S. private sector payrolls report misses expectations * U.S. ISM services index falls in November * U.S.-China trade deal still in focus * Sterling gains lifts euro as well * Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh (Recasts adds new comment, U.S. data, FX table, updates prices, changes byline, dateline; previous LONDON) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The dollar fell to a one-month low on Wednesday, undermined by weaker-than-expected U.S. private sector job growth data that followed soft manufacturing numbers earlier in the week that fueled worries the world's largest economy could slip into recession. The U.S. currency also slid to a four-week trough versus the euro and earlier dipped to a two-week low against the yen before recovering to trade slightly higher on the day. "We have seen big U.S. data misses this week and that doesn't help dollar sentiment," said Shaun Osborne, chief FX strategist at Scotiabank in Toronto. A private survey showed on … [Read more...] about FOREX-Dollar falls to one-month low on weak U.S. data; trade deal in focus