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New year brings tighter abortion restrictions, tax changes in Georgia

...create their goods in the coming year.Employers will be forced to pay more in taxes to support an unemployment insurance system stressed by a chronically high jobless rate. A new law forces companies to pay the unemployment insurance tax on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-12-29/new-year-brings-tighter-
Insurance system flawed

Are we better off today? In my family, the definitive answer is yes.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2012-10-19/insurance-system-flawed
Haley speaks out against bullying in Aiken

...way businesses are charged for their unemployment insurance.Legislators had overhauled the state's unemployment insurance system in 2010 to stop shortfalls that had forced the state to borrow nearly $1 billion to keep unemployment checks paid...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2011-11-04/haley-speaks-out-against-bull
Congress clears health care bill

...Congress passed legislation touching the lives of nearly every American. The battle for the future of the health insurance system - affecting one-sixth of the economy - galvanized Republicans and conservative activists looking ahead to November's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2010-03-21/congress-clears-health-care-bill
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Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?

...copays. She says she doesn't know the answers or what lawmakers should do. Is it possible to rebuild a health insurance system without some degree of tax unfairness? Or is somebody going to get hurt, no matter what, so that uninsured people...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/24/liv_556850.shtml
Life & style
Pension insurer's deficit doubles

...investment return of 13.2 percent for the year. These fluctuations can hide the fundamental problems with the pension insurance system, said Bradley Belt, a former PBGC executive director and CEO of the financial consulting firm Palisades Capital...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/14/bus_555736.shtml
Business
Campaign aims to restore hope, honor history at Widows Home

While discussions about reforming our health care and health insurance systems continue in Washington and around the country, there are organizations in Augusta that already are taking action to address the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/01/op_553983.shtml
Opinion columns
Senators expect quick moves to raise cigarette tax

...pay and "are not contributing the financial aspect of it." Sanford encouraged legislators instead to change the insurance system and encourage people to get healthier. He noted Georgia had addressed part of its uninsured population by eliminating...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/05/05/met_522776.shtml
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Across South Carolina

Insurance expands along coastal area MYRTLE BEACH - State regulators have expanded the reach of an insurance system for people who can't find regular coverage for hurricane and wind damage. The Insurance Department action was the second expansion...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/05/25/met_129756.shtml
Metro
House votes to repeal health care law

...single mother, any spouse, any child, any grandparent met a more bureaucratic system than the American health insurance system? There is no more bureaucratic system."Three Democrats voted with Republicans on the repeal measure, Dan Boren...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-01-19/house-votes-repeal-year-old-
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