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The Senate Health Bill has been grabbing headlines for months as members of the Senate continue to debate spending, bill allotments, and the merits of improved or universal healthcare coverage. The latest iteration of this bill in late November and included a price tag of $849 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. $200 billion alone would be set aside to help cover doctors’ fees so that they would not suffer from a drastic cut back to reimbursement rates. Much in keeping with the diversity of American opinion, this bill has come with more than its fair share of controversy, sparking heated debates on both sides of the political aisle.

Bill controversy

Democrats and Republicans are sharply divided over the merits and allocations included in this healthcare bill. The final vote on the bill showcased this division; the voting results were nearly entirely along party lines. In the 243 to 183 win by the Democratic-controlled House, only 11 Democrats voted against the bill and only one Republican voted for the bill. That Republican is also an obstetrician - Rep. Michael Burgess of Texas. Republicans called the $200 billion allocation to cover doctors’ fees a political payoff and labeled it as the Democrats’ way of thanking physicians for their support of President Obama’s healthcare overhaul.

What’s included in the bill and how will it affect Americans?

The new healthcare bill, which will go into effect in 2010, is said to provide coverage to 94 percent of Americans. The bill is also estimated to cut the federal deficit by $127 billion during its first ten years. In its second decade, the bill is estimated to cut the federal deficit by as much as $650 billion. Over a 20-year period, it is believed that the bill would cut the federal deficit by $777.

However, in order to cut this deficit, the bill will reduce payments for Medicare plans and cut spending in a wide variety of other areas. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that seniors on Medicare will have to pay $49 billion in higher healthcare premiums over the next 10 years, passing along much of the healthcare expenses to Medicare beneficiaries. Additionally, because of reduced payments and services covered by the bill, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that Americans will see a $195 billion price increase in doctors’ fees for those doctors who treat Medicare patients. With only a percentage of those fees being covered by Medicare, patients themselves will have to make up the difference out of their pockets. TRICARE (the military healthcare program) beneficiaries would see an increase in fees by about $64 billion for non-military physicians who see patients enrolled in the TRICARE program.

There are specific ways by which you can make snow cones. You must not use crushed ice. You can add the best flavors by using shaved ice. The advantage that comes with the use of shaved ice is that it will taste much better because it you can taste the sweet syrup as you swallow the ice.

Snow cone machines are extremely affordable and are a sure hit especially in the summer season. After packing the cone with ice from the lower portion to the top you can make use of dry shaved ice for getting the best cone. Then you have to fill it with syrup. Using just a few ingredients from the kitchen and some imagination you can make shaved ice snow cones and serve it to your loved ones! You can also make use of some sweetened condensed milk on the top of your cone for extra flavor or taste.

Shaved snow cones are easy to make and ideal for a hot summer day. You can add some ice cream to the base of the cone and after filling it with shaved ice you can cover it with the syrup of your choice. Kids will be delighted with the new overlapping colored syrups and their unique taste!

The most famous final year batch of our college were not in a good mood of celebration after their first semester examinations because including the last question paper, there were more than 50 percentage of the questions which were out of syllabus and were never taught or explained in their classes. The entire student community got together and stood tall about the issue.

All of them gathered and went straight in the principal’s cabin to explain the entire drama. They were basically worried about the consequences and what could be their results of that semester. But on the other hand there was a group of students who used to rent textbooks, managed to solve every question from the question paper and their opinion was the entire set of questions was mentioned in the syllabus book which was published by the central body before the start of the year.

Principal had to resolve the issue because majority of the students failed to read the message between the lines. He visited the person who used to run business of college textbook rental near the college. He wrote a special letter from his own letter pad to the chancellor of the university and explained the situation in detail.

So it’s another lonely day at the office, when you really just sit around and do nothing. You’re on a corporate PC that has everything locked – no music, no movies, nothing. All you have is your web browser and you want to download free games. Don’t despair, there is a way.

With the evolution of flash technology, games are now available in your web browser. All you have to do is type in playedonline.com and voila – endless arcade game entertainment. Most addictive online games are usually strategy games, as they eat up your time by making you think – not just do mindless button mashing. Is that a good thing? Probably. It sure beats degrading yourself with pointless shooters (but those are also fun).

The most popular game on playedonline is Tetris. And make no mistake, Tetris isn’t dead. It’s just one of those games that’s so addictive, you can spend countless hours trying to beat your previous record. And while it seems like a pointless arcade game, it actually demands as much thought as a strategy game – but with very limited reaction time.

There are also more complex games, such as Invasion 3. This game allows you to build and upgrade soldiers and archers. You can create battering rams, call in the cavalry and use bombers and cannons to destroy the enemy castle. Lots of fun, but demands a fair amount of strategy involved.

If you’re the medieval type of guy, there’s always a game called Age of Castles. It literally allows you to build your own castle. You recruit workers that do the actual building, train soldiers that defend your sanctuary and get merchants to start trading, expanding and conquering the world.
But as games tend to get more and more… simple, the most interesting games are usually not what you would expect. Two years ago a game called “Penguin Swing” came out. It was an incredible hit. All you do is press a single button 2 times. First you press it to let the penguin drop down, and while he falls, you have to time your swing and slam him with a bat so that he flies to the side of the screen. Depending on your timing, his “flight” distance will differ. The trick is to get the longest distance possible. Another trick is to land him on various boosts that make him fly even further. This game doesn’t have much interaction at all, so after 2 clicks you just hope to get the longest distance. But hey, it’s entertaining to slam a penguin with a bat and see how long he flies.

Overall free online games are great entertainment, both for killing time and stress.