I. Summary The stimulus package was created by President Obama and his administration to help the recovery of America’s recession. The stimulus package was designed to give tax payers extra money that they will spend on the economy lifting America out of the recession. However‚ instead of using the stimulus package‚ the money could’ve been saved and still achieve the same effect as the stimulus package. Saving money will “have precisely the same impact on national income as spending.”This is
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Fiscal Policy: “Barak Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts A and B” 1. The Tax Cut of 2008: * As a business person‚ would you have wanted your congressman to vote for the tax cut of 2008. As a business owner I would have wanted the tax cut of 2008. At this time the economy was stalling‚ we were still at war‚ and consumer spending was starting to slow. With the uncertainty of the future with a new president‚ I would have wanted the tax cut. After reading and learning about the impact that
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References: Chris Silvia (2009). Practices paperless before 2012 could maximize Medicare bonuses. Retrieved December 2‚ 2011‚ from http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/03/16/gvsa0316.htm Claudia Schlosberg (n.d.). CMS Revises Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Manuel-Chapter 7 Medication Therapy Management and Quality Improvement Program. Retrieved
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created "a tiered civil penalty structure" for HIPAA violations‚ according to the American Medical Association. The civil penalties involve fines payable to the state. The fines vary depending on the extent of the violation. At the lowest tier‚ HIPAA calls for $100 fine per violation with an annual maximum of $25‚000 for repeat violations. The lowest tier involves situations where health care workers disclose information that‚ had the health care
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Moreover‚ Barack Obama in a press conference reflecting on his first 100 days in office‚ was asked about his plans to address unemployment in the Black and Latino communities and his response was troubling‚ exhibiting a foreshadowing of what was to come‚ of those expecting radical changes‚ which would disappoint his most ardent supporters (p. 170). Obama responded by announcing that his focus was on bringing the economy back‚ after the disastrous legacy of George W. Bush‚ and using the strategy that
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turning on your favorite streaming video service for a movie with lightning fast internet speeds has become second nature to most of the world. This‚ however‚ is not the case in some rural communities in America. This has been changing since the 2009 Recovery Act was passed into law. Rural communities have steadily been getting the opportunity to join the urban core and experience broadband speeds from their internet provider. Although the process of getting broadband internet into these communities is
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The American recovery and re-investment act of 2009 is often referred to as “The Stimulus” and was signed into law on February 17‚ 2009‚ by President Barack Obama. The act was in response to the great recession of 2008 and had immediate goals of creating jobs and adding a higher level of job availability. The act totaled nearly 890$ billion dollars total and key factors of this act include education‚ health‚ energy‚ spending in infrastructure federal tax incentives‚ and expansion of unemployment
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prevention of certain problems. An act that I will discuss is The Elder Justice Act of 2009. This act has helped support elders by combating elder abuse‚ and helping prevent it as well. Another act I will focus on is The Older Americans Act‚ which has provided an array of helpful resources for elderly people in need. The Elder Justice Act The Elder Justice Act of 2009 is "widely regarded as the most comprehensive bill ever passed to combat elder abuse‚
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AUDIT OFFICE ACT‚ 2009 The objectives Of the Act 1) To establish an independent office of the Comptroller and Auditor-General as an office outside the Public Service 2) To provide for the administration of the office and the conditions of service for its members. 3) To provide for the additional functions of the Comptroller and Auditor-General 4) To establish the office of the Audit Office Commission and provide for its functions 5) To provide for the transfer of persons from the
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2010‚ April 27 EDITORIAL Right To Information Act 2009 M S Siddiqui A citizen of a free and democratic country has the right to have access to information and know everything happening around him. It is a fundamental right of every citizen as enshrined in the UN resolution in its very first session in 1946‚ stating that ’Freedom of information is a fundamental human right.’ It is interesting to note that the right to information laws existed about 200 years before the UN resolution
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