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Verizon Scraps $2 ‘Convenience Fee’

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Verizon has rescinded a $2 “convenience fee”—scheduled to take effect January 15, 2012—for wireless customers who choose to pay their bills by phones or online.

Study: Medicaid and CHIP Fail to Provide Reliable Access in Illinois

Kenneth Artz
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The access to health care granted by the federal government’s Medicaid and CHIP programs is largely insufficient to meet the demands of the population it purports to serve, according to a new stu

Bills Banning School-Sited Cell Towers Proposed in Georgia

Alyssa Carducci
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Georgia state legislators have introduced bills that would hinder construction of cell-phone towers throughout the state and ban many altogether.

Consumer Power Report: In Massachusetts, Government-Run Health Care Forever

Benjamin Domenech
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In Massachusetts, the ramifications of then-Governor Mitt Romney’s health care law are clear: more people are covered

AAI's Analysis of Verizon-Cable Is Industrial Policy Not Antitrust

Scott Cleland
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Reading through The American Antitrust Institute's white paper on Verizon-Cable, it is striking how little analysis is relevant to antitrust/market-competition and how it is basically a thinly veil

Schools Seek to Pick Up Pace of Online, Digital Learning

Kenneth Artz
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Each year the United States spends about $7 billion on textbooks, but many students are still using books that are seven to 10 years out of date, according to the Federal Communications Commission.
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