Whether it means opening school track meets to deaf children or developing a new lunch menu with safe alternatives for students with food allergies, recent Obama administration decisions could significantly affect Americans with disabilities. But there's been little progress in one of the most stubborn challenges: employing the disabled.
Local charities and nonprofits are looking for a few good baby boomers well, lots of them, actually to roll up their sleeves to help local schools, soup kitchens and others in need.
Local charities and nonprofits are looking for a few good Baby Boomers to roll up their sleeves to help local schools, soup kitchens and others in need.
The government is cutting premiums by up to 40 percent in nearly two dozen states and implementing other changes to make it easier for people with pre-existing medical conditions to get health insurance.
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