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Indiana, Planned Parenthood in court over funding
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has asked a federal appeals court to lift an injunction that bars the state from cutting off Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions. Attorneys for the state and Planned Parenthood appeared...Tags: Health Insurance, Mitch Daniels, Social Issues, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Planned Parenthood
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FACT FINDER: Proposed hospital affiliation ... its composition and why critics are concerned
In hospitals across the country, administrators say they are increasingly concerned about a looming challenge.
Over the next decade, more and more baby boomers will become eligible for Medicare – likely increasing the financial pressures on...Tags: John Martin, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009), Insurance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Court: Indiana can't deny welfare without reason
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid, food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why. The unanimous ruling...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, IBM, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Health
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Union suing to block Indiana right-to-work law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation. The International Union of Operating...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Social Issues, Democratic Party, Politics, Labor Legislation
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2012 Medicare debate is all about the baby boomers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Baby boomers might want to take note: Medicare as their parents have known it is headed for big changes no matter who wins the White House in 2012. If you dial down the partisan rhetoric, there are some surprising similarities...Tags: Government Health Care, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Medicare, Politics
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S. Idaho community helps girl with cancer
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Last Tuesday, 11-year-old cancer patient Ellie Pruitt woke up feeling sick and with an awful headache. So her mother, Joy Pruitt, pulled up video of Ellie's adopted turtle, Melba, who lives at a turtle hospital in Florida....Tags: Health Insurance, Facebook, Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Human Interest
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US report: Foster kids get high rate of psych meds
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Medical Specialization, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Interior Policy
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Coin store owner charged with fraud
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- The owner of a store that routinely deals in gold, diamonds and rare coins has allegedly spent the past five years claiming poverty. On Friday, Kenneth Gaipa, the owner of Kenneth G. Rare Coins, was charged with felony counts of welfare...Tags: Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Health, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Michigan's nursing homes slightly above average
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A newspaper says its analysis has found that Michigan's nursing homes perform slightly better than average on a federal rating system. The Detroit Free Press reported Sunday (http://on.freep.com/uTtSgU ) that it examined data...Tags: Long Term Care, Nursing, Politics, Medical Specialization, Freedom of the Press
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Panel hears arguments over Ind. abortion funding
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal agency panel in Chicago will reconsider whether Indiana violated federal law when it decided to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Solicitor General Tom Fisher on Thursday...Tags: Health Insurance, Social Issues, Planned Parenthood, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Flu shots down, but flu's not out
South Bend TribuneHealth Department urges people to be vaccinated Or so, they said, in October. But this year, with mild temperatures and the so-far mild influenza season — at least when compared to the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza scare — it seems the crowds...Tags: Flu Vaccine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Vaccines, Flu
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Medicare back on the brink over cuts to doctors
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors are again facing steep Medicare cuts that could undermine health care for millions of seniors and disabled people, unless Congress acts by Jan. 1 to stave them off. The cuts have become a recurring symbol of the...Tags: Medicare, Washington, DC, Health
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