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U.S. official touts health insurance markets, lawmakers leery | Reuters - 0 views

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  • Gary Cohen, the Department of Health and Human Services official responsible for implementation of the markets known as health exchanges
  • CBO estimated that another 12 million people will obtain coverage through a planned expansion of the Medicaid program for the poor.
  • States have until Friday to opt for a federal partnership exchange that would allow them a role in certifying health plans and determining the eligibility of applicants.Some Republican-led states have rejected both the exchanges and the Medicaid expansion.
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  • Advocates see public plans as a measure that could drive insurance costs down 10 to 15 percent. But Cohen said basic health programs would not become available until 2015, a year later than the law mandates.
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Diet-Soda Mixers Can Lead to Quicker Intoxication, Study Finds | TIME.com - 0 views

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  • Diet mixers can make you more drunk than higher-calorie options.
  • The study involved 16 young men and women who consider themselves to be social drinkers.
  • So why would diet drinks increase intoxication? Previous work found that the stomach reacts to sugary drinks as though they are food, working to digest the calories. Eating solid food while drinking significantly reduces BAC, by 20% to 57%, and sugary drinks seem to act similarly, keeping alcohol in the stomach longer, slowing down its release into the bloodstream.
  • Joseph Walker on 15 Feb 13
     
    This article talks about how people who make mixture of carbonated drinks such as soda and alcoholic beverages have a higher rate of intoxication. This can be caused due to how your stomach reacts with sugary drinks, as though they are food. When this happens, alcohol is kept in the stomach longer, making you stay intoxicated for a longer period of time. This test was taken with 16 young men and women who say they are social drinkers.
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6 Modern Age Health Problems - 0 views

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  • Joseph Walker on 14 Feb 13
     
    Social Anxiety Disorder Sick Building Syndrome Orthorexia Nervosa E-Thrombosis Earbud related hearing loss Computer Vision Syndrome These are the six modern disorders or syndrome that affect our daily life today. Some of these are caused by some of the modern inventions.
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