Obamacare's Not-So-Scary New Math

Obamacare's Not-So-Scary New MathOne of the big fears about Obamacare has been that insurers will charge exorbitant prices for plans sold on state exchanges, meaning the law would have the opposite effect of its goal to make health care more affordable. But that's not happening in California. The state released the prices for plans sold on Covered California, the state's exchange, and they're much cheaper than expected, The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn and The Washington Post's Sarah Kliff explain. And that's a big deal, because California is the most populous state. Here's a breakdown:

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Turkey bans alcohol advertising and curbs sales

By Ozge Ozbilgin ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey banned alcohol advertising and tightened restrictions on its sale on Friday, drawing criticism from secular Turks as well as the country’s brewing industry. The new law includes a ban on shops selling alcohol from 10pm to 6am, with fines of up to 500,000 lira ($270,000) for owners and operators of venues that violate the law, and a possible one-year jail sentence for selling to minors. …

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Bridges and U.S. Infrastructure Spending Are Falling: Is There a Link?

Bridges and U.S. Infrastructure Spending Are Falling: Is There a Link?It's still not entirely clear what caused I-5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington to collapse Thursday night. Nor is it clear, despite media reports, how strong the bridge was before it broke. What is clear is that, had the state needed to repair it, getting federal money to do so would be an uphill climb.

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UK source says appears Pakistani plane not subject of terror attack

LONDON (Reuters) – A British security source said early indications suggested that a Pakistan International Airlines plane diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport on Friday was not the subject of a terror attack. The Defense Ministry said earlier on Friday that it had scrambled fighter jets to escort the plane to Stansted, to the north east of London. A spokesman for Stansted Airport said the plane was being held in an isolated area and that the rest of the airport was operating as normal. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge and Brenda Goh, editing by Kate Holton)

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