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1. Books: The New Deal
   2008 marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, the series of programs initiated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to help Americans recover during the Great Depression (1933-43). Programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps,…
2. Press: Healthcare overhaul to keep more young adults on policies
   One of the first provisions of the federal healthcare overhaul — allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26 — is expected to make a big dent in the…
3. Press: Soldiers’ families denied cash payout as insurers profit
   The package arrived at Cindy Lohman’s home in Great Mills, Maryland, just two weeks after she learned that her son, Ryan, a 24-year-old Army sergeant, had been killed by a bomb in Afghanistan. It was…
4. Press: Uninhabited or rented homes get different insurance coverage
   n many neighborhoods around the country, “for sale” signs outnumber telephone poles, and some of those signs are looking awfully weather-beaten. Even owners of oceanfront properties are having trouble finding buyers, at least at a…
5. Press: Health insurers to stop offering child-only policies
   Some of the country’s most prominent health insurance companies have decided to stop offering new child-only plans, rather than comply with rules in the new health-care law that will require such plans to start accepting…
6. Press: Renters beware: You need insurance too
   Sometimes, mistaking a myth for a fact can be extremely costly.  Take, for example, the myth that the only people who need to insure themselves against fires, floods or other disasters are homeowners. Everyone realizes…
7. Press: Will your homeowners insurance cover you if disaster hits?
   Most people don’t give much thought to their homeowners insurance policy unless a tree punches a hole in their roof or they come home from vacation to find that the basement has been transformed into…
8. Press: Tempted to speed? Consider your auto insurance
   Steep prices at the gasoline pump aren’t the only thing drivers need to worry about this summer travel season. Speeding tickets and other moving violations can increase your automobile insurance rates by double digits, a…
9. Press: GM offers free auto insurance to new-car buyers
   Out in states like California, uninsured motorists remain a serious problem. So General Motors is involved in an experiment in two states that could help insure more drivers. The test is taking place in Oregon…
10. Books: Greedy Bastards
    “Greedy Bastards: How We Can Stop Corporate Communists, Banksters, and Other Vampires from Sucking America Dry” is a rant with policy undertones by a mad-as-hell Dylan Ratigan. Ratigan, host of MSNBC’s The Dylan Ratigan Show,…