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Four types of health insurance plans that are differentiated based on the average percentage of health-care expenses that will be paid by the plan. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the U.S. health reform enacted March 23, 2010, health insurance plans are offered in four actuarial levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The level defines the amount of expenses each type of plan covers. The higher the actuarial value (i.e. Gold and Platinum), the more the plan will pay, on average, toward health-care expenses; the lower the actuarial value (Bronze and Silver), the less the plan will pay.
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The Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts (SFAC) is a Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) document that covers broad financial reporti ...
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Economic/environmental philosophy focusing on local economies, sustainability, and self-sufficiency. It is based on the belief several self-suffici ...
Barone-Adesi And Whaley Model
The quadratic estimation technique for putting a price on exchange-traded American call and put options on commodity futures and commodities. Baron ...
G. Allen Andreas Jr.
Former President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), an agribusiness firm in the United States with operations ...
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For studying socially responsible investments, the key word is ethics, of course.
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Introduction to Inflation
I asked my grandparents about the cost of living during World War II. They told me people during that period could buy a house for $5,000, a car fo ...
Student Loans: Consolidating Private Loans
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An Introduction to Stocks
Imagine this: you are a company owner, you get income but you don’t go to work, you just do what you want and the money keeps coming in. This ...
Gauging Inflation
In the United States, the inflation rate was 0.2% through the 12 months ended July. In the United Kingdom, inflation was 0.1% in July.
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| 18:00 | FOMC Member Raphael W. Bostic Speaks |
