The report noted that between 2007 and 2008, the number of people covered by private health insurance decreased from 202 million to 201 million, while the number covered by government health insurance climbed from 83 million to 87.4 million.
The Ankh, or Cross of Life, is actually an Egyptian icon rather than a Wicca symbol. In hieroglyphics, the Ankh means life.. An Ankh is the union of the symbols for the Goddess and the God â the female oval and the male cross or staff. This symbolises the infinite creative Power of the universe.
The ankh appears in hand or in proximity of almost every deity in the Egyptian pantheon (including Pharaohs). Thus it is fairly and widely understood as a symbol of early religious pluralism: all sects believed in a common story of eternal life, and this is the literal meaning of the symbol.ÊaËnax] ; U+2625 â¥ or U+132F9 ð¹), also known as breath of life, the key of the Nile or crux ansata (Latin meaning cross with a handle), was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read life, a triliteral sign for the consonants ê¥ - n - á¸«.