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 HIPAA a law gone too far? - 04/10/2005 Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was promoted for the working class employee as an improvement in being able to keep themselves insured as they changed employers. Hence the Health Insurance Portability in the title.

However the big impact of the law has come from just one word in the title, and the last word to boot. Accountability is where all the big changes caused by the law have come from. It also affects far more than insurance and could in circumstances endanger your health.


 Teens Sleeping In and School Starting Time - 03/11/2005 Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
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Notes ArchiveThere have been studies that say that if schools would start later in the morning, teens would do better. The premise is that the teens are not really awake and able to function until later in the morning. By starting classes at 9 am or even 10 am, teens would be able to better comprehend the classes, improve attendance and improve their grades.

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