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Medicare Paid $47 Billion In Suspect Claims, According To HHS

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Health Care Bill, Elederly, Poverty, Bush, Dhhs, Health and Human Services, Obama, Cost, White House, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Old, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Poor, Hhs, Medicare Fraud Cost, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Health Care, Home News

WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a ...

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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Discusses The Sarah Palin Coin Controversy On The Joy Behar Show

Huff TV | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Bill, Taxes, Social Justice, Congress, Bible, Poverty, Irs, Nancy Pelosi, Civil Rights, Roy Sekoff, Mormons, Joy Behar, Joy Behar Show, House, Religion, Politics, Penn Jillette, Senate, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Poor, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Church and State, Media News
Huff TV

HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Joy Behar Show Wednesday night to talk about religion in politics and the controversy surrounding Sarah Pal...

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Bye-Bye Baubles

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Friends, Social Responsibility, Ecnomic Meltdown, Party, Economy, Selling, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Gold, Poor, Consumer Protection, Financial Crisis, Living News
Lita Smith-Mines

I was encouraged to "bring my useless or broken gold" to an acquaintance's home, where I could "sell it all and take home cash." This was a new one for me, I've never left a social gathering richer than when I came in.

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Let Them Eat Cake

David Jones | Posted 10.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Latinos, Unheard Third, Low-Wage Jobs, Unemployed, Poor, Low Income, Health, Mayor Bloomberg, Roman Polanski, New York News
David Jones

We snicker about the blindness of Marie Antoinette before the outbreak of the revolution, but I'm starting to understand the very human wish to ignore what's painful and unpleasant.

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Should the Poor Be Denied the Right to Bear Children?

Rohit Chopra | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Raising Children, College Tuition, Money, Personal Finance, Public Schools, Kids, Children, Poor Children Health Care, Poor, Health Insurance, Business News
Rohit Chopra

Here in America, could we better protect the environment, reduce crime, and increase school performance if the poor had fewer children? Maybe.

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Liquid Spectacles: A Bold Vision For World's Poor

cnn.com | Mark Tutton for CNN | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Developing World, Poor, Charity, Developing Countries, Mark Tutton, Glasses, Health, The Giving Life, Living News

In the developing world millions of people struggle to operate machinery, read from a blackboard, or just see the world around them, because they don'...

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Are We Happier in France? An Expat Explains

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Paris, L.A., Bruni, France, Poverty, Unemployment, Sarkozy, Financial Crisis, Poor, Rich, Public Education, Health Care, Inequality, Happiness, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

I think I am. We earn a lot less salary-wise, but my child is in a great public school, we have great health care, live near free parks, museums, and the pollution level is down.

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Arab Divisions: New Trend in Guest-List Lifestyles Splits Arab Societies

Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Conspicuous Consumption, Persian Gulf, Poverty, Qatar, Extravagance, Global Economic Crisis, The Pearl, Cairo, Arab, Luxury, Wealth, The American University in Cairo, Segregation, Egypt, Middle East, Anthropology, Hermes, Poor, Versace, Gucci, Doha, Development, Real Estate, New Cairo, Man-Made Island, World News
Journalism Boot Camp

In the Qatari capital of Doha, the desert has transformed into lush, luxury communities. It is part of a trend in social segregation unlike anywhere else in the world.

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WATCH: Documenting America's Perfect Storm Of Homelessness on InvisiblePeople.TV

Lee Stranahan | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Homelessness, America's Invisble People, Homeless Families Increasing, Homeless Families, Homeless, Poor, Recession, Media News
Lee Stranahan

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Opposition to Obama Health Care Reform Driven by Racism Not Fear of Increasing Debt

Ray Hanania | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Debt, Trillions, George W. Bush, Bailouts, People in Need, Health Industry, Banking Industry, Barack Obama, Insurance, Health Care Reform, Racism, Poor, Bush Election, Bigotry, Minorities, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Although the Republicans and "Blue Dog" conservative Democrats claimed they oppose Obama's health care plan because it would increase the nation's debt, the real reason is driven by racism.

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Who's Still Being Left out in the Stimulus?

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Public Transportation, Poor, Economic Recovery, Barack Obama, Cities, Transportation, Politics News
Angela Glover Blackwell

The federal transportation bill working its way through Congress offers a terrific opportunity to invest specifically in urban infrastructure needs.

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Welfare Checks Increase for First Time In 19 Years

New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Poor, Welfare, Poor, New York Welfare, New York, Governor Paterson, New York News

The last time welfare recipients in New York saw an increase in their basic cash allowance, Derek Jeter was in high school, a subway token cost $1.15 ...

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Sanford Takes Me to Sunday School

Donnie Fowler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Enhanced Interrogations, Gop, Mark Sanford, Poor, Jesus, South Carolina, Republicans, Politics News
Donnie Fowler

South Carolina's Governor Mark Sanford announced two great epiphanies today: why he should not resign (gosh, we thought he was going to) and why his fellow South Carolina Republicans would not cooperate with him the last few years (no, it's not why you think).

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Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global, Wealthy, President Obama, Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jesus, Grassroots, Justice of God, Poor, Injustice, Luke, Government, Streets, Image of God, Iran, Muslim, Wealth, Muslim World, Protest, Muslims, Story of Lazarus, Justice, Poverty, Iranians, Lazarus, Politics News
Jim Wallis

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News
Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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Sister Helen Prejean, of Dead Man Walking fame, on a Kinder Christianity (Video)

Waylon Lewis | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Death Row, Poverty, Nun, Boulder, Green, Eco, Poor, Death Penalty, Buddhism, Christian, Naropa University, Elephant Journal, Waylon Lewis, Compassion, Colorado, Living News
Waylon Lewis

The nun behind Dead Man Walking, the best-selling book and movie offers a Christianity that's about mercy, compassion, forgiveness, humor. "It's all about waking up," Sister Helen says.

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America's Poor Are Its Most Generous Givers Of Charity

McClatchy | Frank Greve | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Poor Most Generous in Charity, Homeless, Poor, Charity, Poor People Charity, Living News

Indeed, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest survey of consumer expenditure found that the poorest fifth of America's households contributed an...

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Why Are We Americans So Fat (Part Two)

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Food, Poor, Weight Loss, Weight, Obesity, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Schools, airports and hospitals are all places where you have to eat what is served. These institutions serve unhealthy food that is filled with fat, sugar and salt.

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Do The Democrats Think We're Stupid in Hollywood? (Yes!)

Richard Walden | Posted 06.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill Clinton, Beverly Hills, Swine Flu, Democratic National Committee, President Obama, Poor, Uninsured, Unemployed, Hollwood, Entertainment News
Richard Walden

It is pornographic to continue the $5 billion 2008 election campaign just 5 months after we swore in a new President and new Congress.

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Watch and Pray

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, President Obama, Scripture, Jesus, Economic Crisis, Politics, Budget, Tradition, Congress, Low Income Families, Black, Garden of Gethsemane, Poor, Mobilization, Prayer, Invitation, Vote, Hope, Change, Poverty, Black Church, M2ep, Mobilization to End Poverty, Policy Details, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.

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Why Dr. King Would Break the Silence on Afghanistan

ZP Heller | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Economy, Martin Luther King Jr., Poor, Vietnam, World News
ZP Heller

We must invest in our own economic recovery and in fixing Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis.

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Poor Countries Hit By Second Wave Of Economic Downturn

The Economist | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Global Credit Crunch, Global Financial Crisis, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Africa, Nigeria, Imf, Poor, Tanzania, Global Economic Crisis, World News

"POOR countries are innocent," says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian managing director of the World Bank. They did not contribute one jot to the glob...

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Muhammad Yunus: Social Business, the Financial Crisis and the Little Engine that Could

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Yunus, Danone, Microcredit, Poverty, Nobel Peace Prize, Grameen, Bangladesh, Economy, Volkswagon, Financial Crisis, Poor, Social Business, Laser, Capitalism, Cofinoga, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

Muhammad Yunus, the poor, and countries which we have always considered "underdeveloped" have a lot to teach us about sustainability!

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Our Moral Audit of the Budget

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Market, White House, President, Social Justice, Debate, President Obama, Taxes, Washington, Proportion, Priorities, Poor, Wealth, Common Good, Social Responsibility, E.J. Dionne, Budgets, Justice, Capitalism, Faith, Health Care, Equality, Irs, Budget, Politics, Biblical, Community, Rich, Compassion, Federal Budget Proposal, Invisible Hand, Inequality, Economy, 100 Days, Obama Budget, Politics News
Jim Wallis

My prediction is that many in the faith community, especially those on the front lines of serving the poor, will rally around the principles and priorities of this budget.

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The Army Of Unemployed: How The Laid-Off Can Change The World

Adlai Wertman | Posted 03.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Poverty, Charity, Food Stamps, Funding Non-Profits, Volunteers, Non-Profits, Nonprofits, Jobs, Philanthropy, Unemployment, Volunteering, Homelessness, Volunteer, Homeless, Poor, Fundraising, The Giving Life, Living News
Adlai Wertman

Is this a time, though, where we can apply a basic math rule -- two negatives equal a positive? Could a large group of unemployed actually be good for the charities?

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