Happy Birthday – Medicaid !

Medicaid, the state-funded health insurance program for poor Americans turned 50 on July 30, 2015. The program provided care for some 80 million poor people in 2014. Click to enlarge Source: The CommonWealth Fund Before this program came into effect in 1965, poor Americans depended on charities for healthcare or simply ignored medical care when …

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Bloomberg: The World’s Strongest Banks 2015

Bloomberg Markets recently published the list of the world’s strongest banks for 2015. Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Bank(HSNGY) topped the ranking for the second year in a row. The banks were selected based on many factors. From the article: To identify the world’s strongest banks, we used the Equity Screening (EQS) function on the Bloomberg Professional service …

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