Supreme Disappointment, Penn State Financial Fallout, Matt Taibbi's Latest Take Down And More

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 Health Care Reform Ruling Could Deny Millions Coverage Health care reform will extend health insurance benefits to 3 million fewer people by 2022 as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in June that states could choose not to expand Medicaid for the poor, according to an analysis published by the Congressional Budget Office Tuesday. Although the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health care reform law and its individual mandate that nearly all Americans obtain some form of health care coverage, the justices also decided that states could decline to add people earning up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level -- $14,856 for a single person this year -- to their Medicaid rolls. German Bank Bravely Finds Self Innocent In Libor Scandal Agro Giant Faces Damning Allegations Uninsured Aurora Victim Could Face Millions In Medical Costs Major Sponsor Dumps Penn State Matt Taibbi Blasts New York Times Columnist BLOG POSTS Evan Shapiro: TV Made Me Gay While fictional TV characters cannot alter the sexuality of a viewer, campaigns of hate can influence thoughts and emotions, especially amongst young kids. These mothers put out their poisonous message, and somewhere, some kid believes that being gay is bad. Zack Exley: Thomas Friedman's (Slightly Maoist) Great Leap Forward Thomas Friedman's fetish for decentralization and bottom-up economic growth is actually a global phenomenon shared not only with the remaining Maoists on earth, but everyone from conservative and neo-liberal economists to the protesters of the Occupy movements. Gerald Chertavian: To Jumpstart the Economy, Look to Our Youth Investing in our youth is not just a matter of economic justice. It's good business sense. At Year Up, our 3,500 alumni are living proof that the American Dream is still alive when we equip our young people with relevant training and connections to the professional world. Daniel Burrus: Was That Great Idea Yours... or Your Phone's? Predictive analysis suggests that a smart device is using past information and current on-line behavior to determine what a future action will be. That's fine. But maybe you weren't going to do what the phone suggested. Miriam Axel-Lute: Eminent Domain to Stop Foreclosure: Clever, but Not the Only Solution The heat wave may have broken, but the news is still hot on the latest scheme to deal with underwater mortgages: getting them from the lenders through eminent domain in order to modify them and keep people in their homes.

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