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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: American Civil Liberties Union, Mitch Daniels, Litigation, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 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: Diseases and Illnesses, Leukemia, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Lymphoma, Health Insurance
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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: Interior Policy, Interior Policy, Medical Research, Mental Health, Culture
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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: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Trials, Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Health Insurance
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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: Medical Specialization, Politics, Nursing Homes, Nursing, Health
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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: Planned Parenthood, Family Planning, Abortion, Judges, Health Insurance
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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: Diseases and Illnesses, Flu Vaccine, Vaccines, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Viral Diseases and Infections
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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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Judge temporarily blocks Ind. Medicaid Rx fee cut
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Indiana from cutting its Medicaid prescription dispensing fees to $3 from $4.90. US District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt issued a temporary restraining order Friday blocking the Indiana...Tags: Trials, Indiana, Judges, Health Insurance, Social Issues
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Hospital talks partly driven by health overhaul
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — The growing ranks of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid are among the factors driving talks between two independent northern Indiana hospitals to operate jointly. Elkhart General Hospital and South Bend Memorial Hospital...Tags: Medicare, Indiana, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, Health Insurance
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Accusations fly over obscure Medicare board
WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent panel created under President Barack Obama's health care law to control excessive increases in Medicare costs is drawing heavy fire from Republicans. It's called the Independent Payment Advisory Board, and nearly...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Medicare, Elections, Barack Obama
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U.S. debt debate spurs debate here, too
SOUTH BEND -- U.S. lawmakers still can’t agree on a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling with one week to go before the country defaults on its debt. On Tuesday Democrats and Republicans tangled over competing plans for cutting the federal...Tags: Republican Party, Washington (U.S. state), Health, Small Businesses, Democratic Party
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