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50 ways to lose your health insurance coverage. https://www.healthinsurance.org/obamacare/50-ways-to-lose-your-coverage/?fbclid=IwAR1p-myHJCbCsDgNsRC6DVNq1_6nAfAFFQ8gIeY88BDIQ-v2Klw1uIng_1Q Implications of the 2020 Election for U.S. Health Policy | New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr2031592#.X5wh334-WC0.twitter Dow caps volatile October with worst weekly finish since March https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/30/stock-markets-today-coronavirus/?tid=ss_tw New Trump policy will force insurers to disclose prices up front https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/523328-new-trump-policy-will-force-insurers-to-disclose-prices-upfront#.X5wgt8EadSY.twitter Baltimore among cities named in nationwide housing discrimination complaint against brokerage Redfin https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/bs-bz-national-fair-housing-alliance-baltimore-complaint-redfin-20201029-zbkmdalxdndrtfltvvipi7o6xu-story.html Coronavirus respon

The World's 10 Largest Stock Markets https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-worlds-10-largest-stock-markets/ Could Repealing the ACA Impact Medicare? Definitely, but Many Questions Remain https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2020/could-repealing-aca-impact-medicare-definitely-many-questions-remain#.X5ss2tb2ZoI.twitter How Much Has The Number of Uninsured Risen Since 2016 — And At What Cost To Health And Life? https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20201027.770793/full/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hat&utm_campaign=blog&utm_content=gaffney#.X5swRBfYcx4.twitter It’s great the economy grew. But it’s still in a hole, and Congress and Trump have gone AWOL. https://wapo.st/2TAPcdZ?tid=ss_tw U.S. economy recoups two-thirds of ground lost in first half of year, but there is still far to go https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/29/third-quarter-gdp-economy/?tid=ss_tw New Survey Data Show Strong Support for Medicaid Expansion in States Most Likely to

Biden looks to Germany for answers on how to tackle high U.S. drug prices: analyst https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/biden-looks-to-germany-for-answers-how-to-tackle-high-u-s-drug-prices-analyst Stock market slide muddles Trump’s economic message days before 2020 election https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/10/28/trump-stock-market-2020/?tid=ss_tw Trump to strip protections from Tongass National Forest, one of the biggest intact temperate rainforests https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/10/28/trump-tongass-national-forest-alaska/?tid=ss_tw Frontier Airlines pushes ahead, with some success, despite pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/frontier-airlines-pushes-ahead-with-some-success-despite-pandemic/2020/10/27/57470f90-1583-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html?tid=ss_tw Renters thought a CDC order protected them from eviction. Then landlords found loopholes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/10/27/trump-cdc-eviction-m

Telemedicine or In-Person Visit? Pros and Cons https://khn.org/MTE5ODE3Mw Can A.I. understand poetry? https://fortune.com/2020/08/18/can-a-i-understand-poetry/ Public Work Provides Economic Security for Black Families and Communities - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2020/10/23/492209/public-work-provides-economic-security-black-families-communities/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=amprog_elq&utm_campaign=27&utm_content=43037 Perspective | Pro-Trump voices have Mark Zuckerberg’s ear. Is that why Facebook undermines liberal news sites? https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/facebook-news-zuckerberg-conservative-liberal/2020/10/26/04722572-1464-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html?tid=ss_tw Facebook ban on new political ads starts off with major hiccups https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/10/27/facebook-ban-new-political-ads/?tid=ss_tw Republicans could suffer from Chinese company’s failure to buy

The Trump Administration Is Reversing Nearly 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List. https://nyti.ms/343tBAJ Arguing to Undo the ACA. Harming Medicare. Do They Go Hand in Hand? https://khn.org/MTE5OTUwOA Bonuses before bankruptcy: Companies doled out millions to executives before filing for Chapter 11 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/26/chapter-11-bankruptcy-executive-bonuses/?tid=ss_tw Hospital Bills For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients Are Covered, But No One Tells Them https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/22/925942412/hospital-bills-for-uninsured-covid-19-patients-are-covered-but-no-one-tells-them?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social Despite Covid, Maryland is on track to see its second-largest annual VC intake ever https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/10/23/maryland-on-track-to-see-second-largest-vc-intake.html?ana=RSS Hogan: Local jurisdictions to distribute funding to qualifying restaurants

Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn’t Buy It. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/business/media/hunter-biden-wall-street-journal-trump.html?smid=tw-share Association Between Community Social Capital and Hospital Readmission Rates https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29851542/ California faces highest fire risk of 2020 with 70-plus mph winds, record dry conditions https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/10/25/california-wildfires-winds-power-cuts/?tid=ss_tw The town that built back green https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/10/22/greensburg-kansas-wind-power-carbon-emissions/   The Investment Perspectives Blog is at https://tinyurl.com/blogfin102620   with 4 finance articles. My blog can also be found on my Facebook Investment Perspectives Page https://www.facebook.com/thausnerinvest . This blog is produced daily.   Note, I also post a blog that covers Corona, Politics, Finance News on a daily basis.   See my Facebook Page.   Twi

Chart: Which Universities Have the Richest Graduates? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-which-universities-have-the-richest-graduates/ 4 in 10 Children Live in a Household Struggling to Afford Basics https://www.cbpp.org/blog/4-in-10-children-live-in-a-household-struggling-to-afford-basics Tracking the COVID-19 Recession’s Effects on Food, Housing, and Employment Hardships https://www.cbpp.org/research/poverty-and-inequality/tracking-the-covid-19-recessions-effects-on-food-housing-and Ovens, dishwashers and washing machines are breaking down like never before. But there’s nobody to fix them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/road-to-recovery/2020/10/22/appliance-repair-services-pandemic/?tid=ss_tw Perspective | Lucky enough to have a pension? The Fed’s low interest rates mean it may no longer guarantee a secure retirement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/10/21/fed-low-interest-rates-pensions/?tid=ss_tw Wealthy investors seem to be exploiting land-conservati

A Snapshot of U.S. Personal Finances During the Pandemic https://www.visualcapitalist.com/pandemic-impacting-american-wallets/ More than 700 leading economists, including 7 Nobel winners, urge US voters to reject Trump, a 'selfish and reckless' president https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-election-day-economists-biden-economy-growth-gdp-2020-10?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter What Trump’s Tax Returns Reveal About Wealth Inequality And Slower Economic Growth: https://tpc.io/31mwmeG Hospital Bills For Uninsured COVID-19 Patients Are Covered, But No One Tells Them https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/10/22/925942412/hospital-bills-for-uninsured-covid-19-patients-are-covered-but-no-one-tells-them?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social The impact of COVID-19 on global extreme poverty https://brook.gs/35cPPzO Trump says that windmills kill 'all the birds' after sayin

Pharma contributed to attorneys general who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2020/10/20/aca-affordable-care-lawsuit-scotus-repeal-contributions-attorneys-general-republican/ Second federal court blocks Trump memo on excluding undocumented immigrants from apportionment https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/second-federal-court-blocks-trump-memo-on-excluding-undocumented-from-apportionment/2020/10/22/58944734-14a0-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html?tid=ss_tw Some small PPP recipients waited three times longer than bigger bank customers, report says https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/10/21/ppp-sba-bank-loan-house-report-small-business-wait.html?ana=RSS   Analysis | The Trump campaign’s bogus claims of a Biden ‘tax hike’ on the middle class https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/10/19/trump-campaigns-bogus-claims-biden-tax-hike-middle-class/?tid=ss_tw SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With FCPA Violations https://w