HIPAA is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996‚ which was originally proposed to assure health insurance coverage after leaving a job. Congress felt the need to add a section to the bill in order to save money; therefore‚ the Administration Simplification section was included in the bill. The health care industry was in agreeance with the ideas of Congress because standard record formats‚ code sets‚ and identifiers in standardized electronic transactions were required. The
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April 2013 Public Forum “CON” Analysis Recently‚ we gave our comprehensive analysis of the Pro side of the April Public Forum resolution‚ Resolved: The continuation of current U.S. anti-drug policies in Latin America will do more harm than good. Today‚ we’re discussing the Con side‚ which‚ while slightly trickier‚ if done properly can be argued very persuasively. To recap‚ the pro’s argument is‚ essentially‚ that drugs are such an intractable and complex issue
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Against Resolution B Because NAFTA is a detriment to the U.S. economy and the North American environment‚ the U.S. should withdraw from the NAFTA. This argument is false because NAFTA has not been a detriment to the US economy and it has not hurt the North American environment. Abandoning NAFTA now would be much‚ much worse for the US economy and the environment. Even though NAFTA may not be perfect‚ the US has already agreed and committed to it; it would be irresponsible‚ brash‚ and unfair
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program costed (Cherlin‚ 2013). Single parents were able to stay home as a full-time parent in order to take care of their children. Now‚ AFDC was renamed to TANF which consisted of a different way of assisting the needy family. TANF is now known as a financial assistance to low-income families. It was not recognized to give out welfare benefits anymore.
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In today’s Military there are many rules and regulations. First one being that you cannot partake in any form of alcoholic consuming activity unless you are of the age of 18. The military understands that drinking alcohol on base will happen and they prefer you to be of the age of 18. Most of the time you cannot join the military unless you of the age of 18 but they understand that in certain cases this isn’t the case. And if you are caught drinking and you are not the age of 18 there is a high chance
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GERALD R. CABARLES NECESSARY EVIL. MOTION: TH would assassinate Dictators SIDE: Government EXPLANATION: Assassination can be defined as the targeted killing of an individual for political reasons in peacetime. It can be undertaken by individual citizens‚ or by the agents of another state‚ but in either case it takes place without any legal process. Why is ther a need in doing such? The setting up of this principle is in the method of necessary evil if it really cause harm than good. Likewise
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monetary system. Bimetallism meant that the value for currency is silver-gold should be used as a legal tender of currency. Bankers wanted the gold standard for financial interest and they feared inflation‚ farmers and laborers who were being hit hard by deflation were advocates of the bimetallism currency. The debate over the gold standard culminated in the presidential election of 1896 between Republican William
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In the year 776 BC‚ a simple competition of endurance and strength‚ dedicated to the Olympian gods‚ birthed a tradition. This tradition that has stayed around and extended nearly 3000 years is known as the Olympic Games. Olympism is defined as “a philosophy of life‚ exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body‚ will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education‚ olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort‚ the educational value of good example
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That just shows how some families really needed the money to live off of. It also shows how uncaring business owners and corporations are. There are many stories of how dangerous these factories and coal mines were. Back then there were no safety regulations or anything. Little kids would go into small crevices in machines and get their hands chopped off or even worse. This unfair
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Revenue recognition is a very important component of financial accounting and reporting. The accounting principles governing revenue recognition can have a big impact on corporate accounting and the way contracts are structured with customers. As a part of ongoing discussions to converge U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)‚ some proposals to change revenue recognition have been discussed. The following will discuss revenue
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