ith some funding: The $1-per-person insurance fee goes into effect in 2012.
But the Treasury Department says it's not likely to be collected for
another year, though insurers would still owe the money. The fee doubles
to $2 per covered person in its second year and thereafter rises
with inflation. The IRS is expected to issue guidance to insurers within
the next six months."The more concerning thing is not the institute itself,
but how the findings will be used in other areas," said Kathryn
Nix, a policy analyst for the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank. "Will
they be used to make coverage determinations?"The institute's director, Dr. Joe Selby,
said patients and doctors will make the decisions, not his organization."We are
not a policy-making body; our role is to make the evidence available,"
said Selby, a primary care physician and medical researcher,But insurance industry representatives
say they expect to use the research and work with employers to
Phase 4 FilmsDemi Moore looked like she was back in action during
a mother-daughter Christmas vacation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.Though the actress
has kept a very low profile since her split with estranged husband
Ashton Kutcher, she seemed to shake off any malaise from her impending
divorce with some holiday booty-shakin' in the Caribbean.The "Margin Call" star and
svelte mother of three, 49, was spotted with her daughter, Rumer Willis,
at the uber-private Parrot Cay resort, where the two shared a rocking
Christmas Eve at a poolside bar and Moore "danced up a storm."Spies
said that when Rumer took over DJing duties, Moore began to boogie.Follow
FOX411 on Twitter."Demi was dancing seductively for all the guys [at the
bar] and they were going nuts," one spy said. Another added, "Demi
could do 'The Wiggles' dance and still look hot."The slinky moves even
earned the raven-haired beauty the nickname "Single Hot Demi" or, simply, "SHD,"
from other hotel gues
BEIJING A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management
caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and
triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China's showcase transportation system.A
former railway minister was among 54 officials found responsible for the crash,
a Cabinet statement said Wednesday. Several were ordered dismissed from Communist Party
posts but there was no word of possible criminal penalties.The crash report
was highly anticipated by the public. The disaster near the southern city
of Wenzhou also injured 177 people and had triggered a public outcry
over the high cost and dangers of the bullet train system, a
prestige project that once enjoyed lofty status on a level with the
country's manned space program.Regulations had required the report to be released by
Nov. 20. When that date passed, the government offered little explanation, drawing
renewed criticism by state media, which have been unusually s
role in Iran's foreign or military policy.On Monday, the Iranian navy
warned off a foreign helicopter that had approached the site of a
10-day naval drill it is currently conducting in international waters beyond the
Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.A spokesman for
the drill, Rear Adm. Mahmoud Mousavi, tells state TV the helicopter left
the area immediately after the warning Sunday. He gives no other details.Irans
navy began the 10-day drill on Saturday, and regularly holds war games.
The country has also been active in fighting piracy in the Gulf
of Aden.The Associated Press contributed to this report.
APDecember 27, 2011: This image made from amateur video and released by
Shaam News Network purports to show men carrying an injured man in
Homs, Syria.BEIRUT The Syrian government released Wednesday 755 prisoners detained over
the past nine months in the regime's crackdown on dissent as observers
toured a flashpoint city to see whether authorities were complying with an
Arab plan to stop the bloodshed that has killed thousands.Violence continued in
several parts of the country, with activists saying two died in the
Baba Amr district of Homs, and at least four soldiers were killed
in an ambush carried out by a group of military defectors in
the country's south on Wednesday.The prisoners' release, reported by the state-run news
agency SANA, followed accusations by Human Rights Watch that Syrian authorities were
hiding hundreds of detainees from the observers now in the country.The New
York-based group said the detainees have been transferred to off-limits militar
s definitely pregnant with twins!While this one may be too soon
to suss out as false, their track record with Jens womb proves
deficient thus far.Kate MiddletonIn September, Star reported that newlywed Kate Middleton was
pregnant also with twins! Even at that early stage in Kates
pregnancy Star was able to report that one baby was a boy
and one was a girl.The other thing that happens which magazines love
to do is create the troubled pregnancy, Lewittes said. No one saw
it, no one reported it. I think there was even an ambulance
involved.Soon after, Star declared that the pregnant Kate Middleton had collapsed and
was found unconscious by Prince William. Judging by Kates belly hugging holiday
dresses she also isnt expecting any time soon.Angelina JolieIn November Life &Style
magazine announced that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were actively preparing to
adopt. They are primarily looking in Ethiopia, where their daughter Zahara was
born, sources told the mag.Th
