Articles filed under Washington Post
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No 'death panel' controvery this time over end-of-life talkJul 12, 2015 7:37 am - WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are proposing that Medicare begin paying doctors to discuss end-of-life issues with their patients, six years after the "death pane...
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You ordered that latte 2 hours ago? Teleworkers, shops at odds over etiquetteJul 12, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON - You can get an espresso at Bread Furst, or a baguette, or a perfect piece of pie. But if you want to get some work done, be prepared: Owner Mark Furstenberg...
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Will your premiums go up with fewer insurance companies?Jul 12, 2015 7:35 am - The $37 billion megamerger announced this past weekend between two of the country's biggest health insurance companies, Aetna and Humana, is just one of several deals ex...
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Affordable Care Act has saved women more than $1 billion on birth controlJul 12, 2015 7:34 am - WASHINGTON - American women are spending much less money on birth control since the Affordable Care Act started requiring insurance plans to cover contraception, accordi...
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There's good news for well-off homeowners in the GOP presidential campaignJul 12, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidates are pushing a simpler, cheaper tax system. "We should make it so that for the majority of Americans, it should take 15 mi...
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Ex-Hill staffer aims to boost tech pipeline to Capitol HillJul 11, 2015 7:39 am - WASHINGTON - Travis Moore thinks Congress has a tech talent problem. Moore spent six years on Capitol Hill as a legislative and operations director in the office of form...
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You have 600 Facebook friends. How many will show up at your birthday party?Jul 11, 2015 7:37 am - At a time when Facebook friend lists run several hundred - if not several thousand - names long, it can be easy to feel as if we live in a world with enormous emotional ...
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Bumble, the dating app where women make the first moveJul 11, 2015 7:36 am - A few hours into my first conversation with a man on Bumble - a dating app where, after there's a match, it's up to the woman to say hello - I popped the question: "So t...
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App reviews: Star Chart, DuetJul 11, 2015 7:35 am - On summer nights, there's nothing quite like gazing at the sky and taking in the stars. But what exactly is up there? With this app, you can point your phone at the sky ...
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Do these 8 things and you will be more creative and insightful, neuroscientists sayJul 11, 2015 7:35 am - Tests of human intelligence show that as IQ, the measure of our analytical thinking skills, appears to be on the rise, creative thinking may be on the wane as our hyper-...