Archive for July, 2009
Making for quite the cute on-set couple, Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift teamed up to shoot scenes for the new movie “Valentine’s Day” on Thursday (July 30).
Showing off his buff body, the “Twilight” hunk busily worked on his track and field skills throughout the day – practicing the high jump and hurdles when not engaged in conversation with Miss Swift.
Due out in theaters in February 2010, “Valentine’s Day” finds “intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles breaking-up and making-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day.”
With an star-studded cast also including Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, and Emma Roberts, the latest reports tell that
Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah and Carter Jenkins have all just recently joined up for the Garry Marshall directed romantic comedy.
One of the problems of an average wage earner in America is the health care costs. Some people are lucky to have employer-paid health insurance, but most people are not. If worse comes to worst, you bet you can expect your bills to reach hundred of thousands of dollars plus other prescription medication costs.
Despite government incentives in the form of tax breaks to promote affordable health insurance for small business employees in group plans, few employers have availed themselves of this option. It’s simply too expensive. Small business owners are already strapped and the tax breaks offered don’t measure up.
It is so much difficult to choose between eating and being insured.The fact that there is no cheap health insurance. You can go bankrupt while paying a costly medical emergency.
If your income falls at or below the poverty line, you may qualify for affordable health insurance. Most states have Federally funded programs which pay for medical treatment in the case of life threatening conditions. You then are allowed medical treatment on a level that sustains life, but are disallowed certain procedures afforded a person with full coverage. Premiums are determined on a sliding fee scale, depending on household income and the number of persons in your family. Such premiums do fit the description of affordable health insurance, but are lacking in the quality of care you receive.
Recent cuts in health insurance funding have been characterized by a reduction in what are deemed necessary services. For example, in 2006, the Feds required State agencies to cut their health care costs by a certain percentage. States responded by making cuts in a rather arbitrary manner. Dental services were cut to emergency services only. At the same time, the current administration notified the VA to cut dental funding to Vietnam vets, so that Iraq war vets could receive treatment. This directive resulted in Vietnam vets, with crumbling teeth due to the effects of Agent Orange, removing their own teeth with a pair of pliers. They had no other choice. Such a failed health insurance program is a disgrace to our nation.
With a new crop of candidates aspiring to the Presidency, affordable health insurance is a hot issue. This rich nation should address the issue of affordable health insurance with more than lip service. All of our citizens deserve decent health care without regard to income.
They’ve been keeping a low profile as of late, but Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were all about attention on Wednesday afternoon (July 29).
The MTV co-star couple were out filming a scene for “The Hills” at Kitson Kids boutique on Robertson Boulevard, hamming it up for the cameras along the way.
Meanwhile, insiders tell that Heidi’s appearance in the September issue of Playboy magazine is anything but X-rated – as her sister reveals that there’s no nudity.
“She’s not nude,” Holly Montag tells Us Magazine. “Her Maxim cover was so gorgeous and tasteful, and I know Playboy is going to be the same.”
“It’s really cool that she can be part of the Playboy family,” Holly adds. “I love it. I go up there all the time and play poker. I love the girls there, and it’s very cool to be a part of that legacy.”
Ready to turn his focus back on fatherhood, Jon Gosselin arrived home in Reading, Pennsylvania on Tuesday (July 28) after his trip to the Hamptons.
After taking a few bags inside the house, the “Jon and Kate Plus 8” dad did some chores with the kids, smoked a cigarette and chatted on his phone in the yard.
Once finished up at the house, it was off to run the day’s errands, as Jon visited the AutoSpa Car Wash, UPS Store, a local bank, and The Berks Auto Reconditioning.
Seemingly tired of making the tabloid headlines day after day, Jon recently told press, “I’m just trying to concentrate on my family first, second my career. I’m really looking forward to [seeing my family], to turning my phone off, playing with my kids in the pool and being the dad.”