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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: Trials, Mitch Daniels, IBM, American Civil Liberties Union, 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: Planned Parenthood, Health, Lawyers, Unions, Work Relations
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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, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Abortion
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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, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Human Interest, Leukemia, Health
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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: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Chemicals, Parenting, Arts and Culture, Health
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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: Trials, Health, Corporate Crime, Fraud, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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Study: Number of uninsured children fell 14 pct
MIAMI (AP) — A new study shows the number of uninsured children in the U.S. has dropped by 1 million in the past three years even as the number living in poverty has risen. The report by Georgetown University looks at new data from the Census...Tags: Georgetown
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Doctor accused of poor work makes deal with Michigan
WEST BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor accused of misdiagnosing epilepsy in hundreds of children has agreed to pay a $10,000 penalty and have his future work reviewed by another doctor. Dr. Yasser Awaad signed the agreement...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Freedom of the Press, Trials, Health, Trials
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Feds: Proposed Ind. Medicaid expansion premature
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officials on Friday denied Indiana's request to use a state public health savings account to help cover the half-million people who will become eligible for Medicaid in 2014, saying the request was premature and leaving...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Mitch Daniels, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Fla. health official: Child Medicaid program is OK
MIAMI (AP) — One of the state's top Medicaid official told a judge that Florida's health insurance program for poor children has no major problems, children are able to access care and any contrary statements other health officials have made to...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), File Sharing, Trials, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida)
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Michigan shrinks safety net for poor as poverty rises
LANSING, Mich.. (AP) — Michele Shoemaker spent Wednesday packing, faced with a weekend deadline to leave the simple two-bedroom rental in Jackson where she and her 15-year-old son have lived for five years. About to be cut off from welfare and...Tags: Labor Markets, Poverty, Career and Workplace, Republican Party, Wages and Pensions
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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: Planned Parenthood, Mitch Daniels, Family Planning, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Abortion
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