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Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Matthew Johnson	The Bond Buyer: Massachusetts Milestone A law making Massachusetts the first state to guarantee nearly all residents healthcare insurance could boost the fiscal health of some healthcare facilities -- but analysts say it's too early to know the impact on public healthcare bond credit ratings.
InternetNews June 1, 2006 Roy Mark	Regulating The Internet Not So New Opponents to a law mandating network neutrality use it all the time, noting Americans should just say no to government regulation of the Internet.
InternetNews June 1, 2006 Roy Mark	CNN, Chicken Fried Steaks And The Same Dumb Pipe As Washington thrashes with net neutrality, it's really all about smart and dumb pipes.
Geotimes June 2006 Margaret Anne Baker	NASA Science: The Sick Man of Federal Research A key contributor to the Ottoman Empire's downfall was its leaders' resistance to changes and reform. The NRC report provides broad recommendations that NASA can follow to improve this disparity. Let's hope that the leaders of NASA remember their world history classes.
Investment Advisor June 2006	Numerology During the 2003-2004 election cycle, the Financial Planning Association's PAC contributed $5,000 to federal candidates... As of March 31, 2006, the FPA has contributed $32,000 to federal candidates... etc.
Investment Advisor June 2006 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Planning: The Healthcare Crisis How dire is the healthcare and retirement planning situation in America? A raft of proposals are floated to address the issue.
Searcher June 2006 Piper & Ramos	A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina The Katrina disaster was exacerbated by poor communications. Some help was provided by the Internet, but it was also a breeding round for Katrina-related scams.
Managed Care May 2006	They Wrote the Book on Fixing the System How could the largely private U.S. health care system, characterized by arguably more competition than any other health care system in the world, be performing so poorly?
Managed Care May 2006 John Carroll	Medicare Debates Fairness of Pay For Primary Care and Specialists A growing controversy in MedPAC and in physician organizations could spill over into how all health plans compensate doctors.
Managed Care May 2006 Martin Sipkoff	Part D Means Health Plans Will Have To Pay Pharmacists Medication therapy management helps people to stay on their prescribed regimens. Part D plans can expect to start making payments for the service in 2007.
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