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A weekly compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country Week of March 22, 2010 Late in the night Sunday, the House of Representatives helped President Obama deliver what no other President has been able to do -- a significant reform of the nation's health care system. The process is complicated by the fact that the House first had to pass the Senate's version of health care reform, and then pass a package of fixes that the Senate will have to take up separately through a "reconciliation" procedure requiring only a simple majority vote. To help figure out what health care reform will look like if the reconciliation bill is adopted, a number of news organizations are offering their own summaries or guides to the changes, including: The New York Times , USA Today , and the Chicago Tribune . Also, you can read online what the Congressional Budget Office had to say about the bill it estimates will ...

Here are the top 10 strongest housing markets in the U.S.: 1. Metro: Boulder (Colo.) Share of homes with increasing values: 59.39% Median value: $347,200 Annual change: 2.12% Quarterly change: 3.86% Boulder, about 35 miles northwest of Denver, has had a relatively stable housing market, in part, because it is home to strong employers, including the University of Colorado, as well as a base of affluent residents. The supply of homes is limited in Boulder by the mountains to the west and its tens of thousands of acres of protected open space. 2. Metro: Spartanburg (S.C.) Share of homes with increasing values: 56.81% Median value: $106,900 Annual change: 1.81% Quarterly change: 2.15% Spartanburg, about 75 miles west of Charlotte, is home to the world headquarters of Denny's restaurant chain and three colleges-Converse College, Spartanburg Methodist College, and Wofford College. It has the state's highest per capita college student population. College towns such as Boulder,...

Companies are mining the social web to build dossiers on you. Information posted publicly on blogs, Facebook , Twitter , forums and other sites is fair game. It is yet another reminder that people need to be aware of what they are posting on social networking sites and to whom they're connected. Jules Polonetsky, director and co-chair of the Future of Privacy Forum , said online users have no clue that a comment they made on a blog is being added to a database for some unknown use. "I don't think users expect that," he said, and if consumers think idle chatter and casual conversation can be used against them by institutions, it's almost certain to create a backlash, according to Polonetsky. He said the Federal Trade Commission is right now re-examining the current privacy structure in the U.S. But at the same time, he said consumers are always very comfortable with Amazon using data to recommend books they might like. "When users are in control of it, it'...