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"The average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium, according to the analysis from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group."

The Affordable Care Act did not solve #America's high cost of #healthcare, but it did allow millions of uninsured Americans to access life-saving and life-improving care they otherwise couldn't afford. But thanks to the #Trump and the #GOP's massive tax-giveaway to #JeffBezos and his #billionaire cronies, the cost of ACA insurance is heading up, up, up.
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ACA health insurance premiums will spike next year, unless Congress acts : Shots - Health News : NPR npr.org/sections/shots-health-

alojapan.com/1323298/rice-pric Rice prices have skyrocketed in Japan — and farmers warn that ‘everyone who eats’ that disaster could be near #AccreditedInvestors #FoodPrices #Japan #JapanNews #JeffBezos #news #RealEstate #RiceFarmer #RiceHarvest #RiceShortage #WarrenBuffett Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. In today’s developed economies, lining up to buy a staple grain may s

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Amazon wants to rule the world
We love our customers.
Amazon only your data!
Booksellers work with ~ 25% margin,
Amazon wants 60% from the publishers.
We pay fees and taxes in our city, Amazon doesn't.
We have fair working conditions, Amazon doesn't. Why do people buy books from Amazon? We have fixed prices in Germany, whether in Munich, Buxtehude or on Amazon - new books cost the same!

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Amazon will die Welt beherrschen
Wir lieben unsere Kunden.
Amazon nur Ihre Daten!
Buchhändler arbeiten mit ~ 25% Spanne,
Amazon will 60% von den Verlagen.
Wir bezahlen in unserer Stadt Abgaben und Steuern, Amazon nicht.
Wir haben faire Arbeitsbedingungen, Amazon nicht. Wieso kauft man Bücher über Amazon? Wir haben in Deutschland Preisbindung d.h. ob in München, Buxtehude oder bei Amazon - Neubücher kosten das Gleiche!

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