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Telemedicine is one of the fastest growing trends in health care.

The economy weak and the public seething, President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again. Republicans offered Tuesday to compromise with him on jobs but also assailed his plans in advance of his prime-time speech.

California Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he was optimistic that lawmakers will agree this week to end a tax break for companies based outside the state, signaling he was willing to modify his proposal in an effort to stop what he called a "toxic loophole."

Half of Americas households (about 58 million) claim to be underinsured when it comes to life insurance, according to a new study from LIMRA. In fact, theres as much as $17.5 trillion in untapped sales potential for the life insurance market.

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe warned that the Postal Service is on "the brink of default" as he battles to keep his agency solvent. Without legislation by Sept. 30, the agency "will default on a mandated $5.5 billion payment to the Treasury," Donahoe told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...

Working-age America is the new face of poverty.

Since paid sick days for San Francisco employees became mandatory in February 2007, percentage growth in civilian employment growth exceeded the average growth for the surrounding California counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo and Santa Clara, according to a fact sheet from the Institute for Womens Policy Research....

Although the unemployment rate is nearly hitting 10 percent, approximately 2.7 million jobs remain open, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.