Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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1
The Upshot

A Republican Plan for Medicare Gets a Revival

An idea to control costs relies on the power of market innovation, but there are risks to this approach.

Part D is a disaster.
Medicare Pays for required care. 
There is no market choice when all care is unaffordable. 

2
Fashion & Style

Veronique Valcu, Jonathan Morales

The couple met through Tinder in 2013.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

3
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for $450,000 and Under

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

Realistic

Building would get us closer to what I desire.

4
Your Money

Sign Up for Health Care Coverage? ‘Absolutely,’ Experts Say

Though the Affordable Care Act faces an uncertain future, advocates say consumers should still sign up for coverage if they need it.

The Republican party hates Obama care.
They have not found a way to end it.
It is the best available deal with the exception of Medicare.

5
Real Estate

The Best and the Worst States for Families

Geography makes a difference in raising the quality of family life, according to new rankings based on data.

Look at the data.  Our criteria are not theirs.

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-raise-a-family/31065/

I fear the winter in Minnesota.

6
Science

Gazing Into Danakil Depression’s Mirror, and Seeing Mars Stare Back

Scientists are studying this area in a remote region of Ethiopia — one of the hottest places on Earth — to understand the possibilities of life on other planets and moons.

Learning is always good.
This is some of the better learning.

The graduate students suffer.

7
Opinion

Sorry, Rules Don’t Dissolve by Decree

There’s less to Donald Trump’s assault on bureaucracy than he pretends.

8
Well

After Mastectomies, an Unexpected Blow: Numb New Breasts

Reconstructive surgery is billed as being better than ever, but most women lose sensation in their chest, which can be devastating and even dangerous. They wish they had been warned.

Some are never happy.

9
World

Duterte’s Free Birth-Control Order Is Latest Skirmish With Catholic Church

The Philippine president’s demand gives clear guidance to local officials, after challenges by the church and others kept a 2012 law from taking full effect.

The religious wars continue.

10
World

Taliban, Collecting Bills for Afghan Utilities, Tap New Revenue Sources

As militants have taken over increasingly large areas in the past two years, they have found ways beyond the illicit drug trade to make money.

The act is theft.
Sharia law provides a draconian penalty for theft.

The right hand is taken for a first offense.
Mercifully the head is the price of a second offense. 


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