the death toll is rising after a master earthquake shook cat man dui. search efforts are under way. the quake centered in a popular area of the kathmandu valley. houses and cracking splitting roadways, buildings and temples are levelled. aftershocks continue to rock the area. kelly cobia is monitoring from london. what s the latest? it s difficult for government workers to assess how many people are injured, might be buried in the rubble so many collapsed buildings in kathmandu alone and issues on mount everest as well. survivors having to join with rescuers in digging through the rubble at these sites. this happened about 50 miles from kathmandu the epicenter about 50 miles from kathmandu. geologists say it was a shallow earthquake and problematic because the damage was spread across a much wider area, some 300 miles away they felt this earthquake this morning just after noon local time. there is a tower in kathmandu, a historic tower, which collapsed completely a tourist
Shawn casey always made sure to cover his family on the private market. but pre-existing medical conditions meant his annual tab was over $30,000. the affordable care act changed that. if you have a pre-existing condition like being a cancer survivor or suffer chronic pain for a tough job or just being charged more for being a woman. you can no longer be charged more than anybody else. this year, the casey s families premiums fall to over 30 thousand to under $9,000. and i know this because shawn took the time to write me a letter. these savings will offset the cost of our daughter s first year in college. i m a big believer in this
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