Defeated class certification in potential multi-million
dollar health care consumer fraud action, then resolved for exceptionally favorable value during the appeal.
No matter how the federal
health care debate turns out, developing more reliable
health care guides for
consumers has the potential improve
care quality, saving lives and eliminating billions of
dollars in needless costs.
Back when the Canadian
dollar was trading roughly at par with the U.S.
dollar (and briefly above it), it was a great opportunity for Canadian investors to diversify outside of the Canadian equity market to buy world - class U.S. stocks in sectors underrepresented in Canada: technology,
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Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed all 50 states, analyzing eight data points that served as determining factors in the ranking: (1) median household income, sourced from the Census Bureau in 2015
dollars; (2) median home listing price as of June 2017, sourced from Zillow; (3) food spending, using the grocery index sourced from Missouri Economic Research and Information Center and multiplying it against the average amount spent on food from the BLS
consumer spending survey from July 2015 - July 2016; (4) employee
health insurance premium contribution, sourced from the Commonwealth Fund; (5) annual child
care costs for an infant and a 4 - year - old, sourced from Child Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care
care costs for an infant and a 4 - year - old, sourced from Child
Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable Care
Care Aware of America; (6) whether the state offers paid time - off for family leave; (7) whether the state has expanded the earned - income Tax Credit at the state level; (8) whether the state expanded Medicaid coverage as part of the Affordable
Care Care Act.