There are approximately 410,000 students in the 655 schools in the CPS system. That’s approximately 18.8% of all Illinois public school students. 84.9% of these students are from low-income families; 14.4% of these students are limited-English-proficient; 91.3%...
Mike sent me this article today about how the National Popular Vote legislation is working its way through the Iowa Legislature. The National Popular Vote compact has been enacted in Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, and New Jersey (50 electoral votes). Bills to join the...
Retail Prescription Drug costs: 1995 and 2007 Drug Type 1995 2007 All prescriptions $30.01 $69.91 Brand drugs $40.22 $119.51 Generic drugs $14.84 $34.34 The average prescription drug cost is $69.91. Of that amount, the manufacturer receives $54.30, the wholesaler...
How Many People in the United States Don’t Have Health Care Insurance? The Census Bureau says that there are 46,995,000 in the United States that are not covered by health insurance. Household income: Number of Uninsured (in thousands): Less than $25,000 13,933...
Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group (In Millions) Age Group Private Group Medicaire Medicaid Uninsured Under 6 years 14.8 13.9 0.2 7.9 2.8 6 to 11 years 15.6 14.5 0.1 6.4 2.6 12 to 17 years 17.5 15.7 0.1 5.8 3.3 18 to 24 years 17.0 13.8 0.2 3.3 8.3 25 to 34 years...
Name One Successful Chapter 11 Case About five years into my practice as a bankruptcy lawyer I got into an interesting discussion with my colleagues. The subject? Name one case that you’ve been involved with where the chapter 11 process had resulted in a...
