Massachusetts state Sen. Richard Moore (D) in a letter on Thursday urged the commissioner of the state health care finance division to issue emergency regulations to increase the required minimum contribution by employers to workers’ health insurance coverage under the state’s health insurance law, the Boston Globe reports. [click link for full article]

- Massachusetts Health Advocates, Lawmakers Raise Concern About Amount Employers Must Pay Toward Worker Health Insurance Premiums

South Carolina will move more than 550,000 Medicaid beneficiaries to managed care plans starting Nov. 1, the Columbia State reports. State officials say the shift will improve preventive care and provide beneficiaries with a primary care physician, which will reduce costs associated with care received in hospital emergency departments. [click link for full article]

- South Carolina To Shift Medicaid Beneficiaries To Managed Care Plans

At least 500,000 cycling fans gathered in central London to watch the start of the Tour de France race.

- Fans flock to Tour de France race

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple Inc., iBiquity Digital Corp, a developer of high-definition radio technology, and major radio companies said on Friday they are offering a new, free service called “iTunes Tagging.”

- iTune tagging unveiled

Social anxiety disorder social phobia - MayoClinic.comSocial anxiety disorder is a chronic mental health condition that causes an irrational anxiety or fear of activities or situations in which you believe . With anxiety this extreme, you may have social anxiety disorder. .

Surf: SOS for Social Anxiety (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)socialanxietysupport.com This site is a forum where people with social anxiety disorders speak to others who have the condition. Social anxiety disorders are phobias or other inordinate fears. The site has conversations about how to cope and educational information for newcomers.