Friday, July 31, 2009

Coops in focus in US healthcare debate

Read this article in Reuters.

Aging, inequity and poverty

Read this blog. The record in Singapore is not good.

Expensive car park in Singapore

Where is the most expensive car park in Singapore? Read here.

Health care realities

Article in New York Times

Quote: ... private markets for health insurance, left to their own devices, work very badly: insurers deny as many claims as possible, and they also try to avoid covering people who are likely to need care. Horror stories are legion: the insurance company that refused to pay for urgently needed cancer surgery because of questions about the patient’s acne treatment; the healthy young woman denied coverage because she briefly saw a psychologist after breaking up with her boyfriend.

The Health Debate: At a Fever Pitch

Letter to New York Times.

Permits required to appeal to the public for funds

Source: http://www.guidemesingapore.com/business/c656-singapore-non-profit-organization-part2.htm

For fund-raising appeal through door-to-door collection or soliciting in public places, the House to House and Street Collection Permit must be obtained from the Police. A licence is not needed if it is a private collection that is confined to friends or relatives, appeals made through the telephone or the media such as the Internet and newspapers, appeal letters by post or approaching individual donors.

Petition to PM on credit linked note (6)

Petition.

Update: 522 signatures as at 10 PM on 24 July. On the way to target of 1,000 signatures.
Update: 590 signatures as at midnight of 27 July. The pace of signatures has slowed down. Please pass the word around for more signatures to reach the target.