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Scott at odds with House, Senate
Gov. Rick Scott sent a message Tuesday to House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz that his priorities need to get more attention. “I’m sure that the speaker of the house and the senate president would like to have a...Tags: Government, Joe Negron, Rick Scott, Executive Branch, Politics
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An Rx for the doctor shortage
New subsidies and insurance regulations in the 2010 healthcare law are expected to bring coverage to millions of uninsured Californians starting next year. The newly insured are likely to put a bigger strain on the healthcare system, particularly in their...
Tags: Vaccines, Nursing, General Practitioners, Healthcare Provider, Health and Medical Professionals
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Many private interests were Brown's fellow travelers in China
SACRAMENTO — As Gov. Jerry Brown returned this week from his trade mission to China, his decision to have his travel and that of 10 staffers paid for by special interests was raising eyebrows. The dozens of delegates who joined Brown on the tour...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, China Earthquake (2010), Lobbying, Crime, Law and Justice, Technology
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Two more men died from meningitis last year, group says
Two more men died from bacterial meningitis late last year, according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The organization said Tuesday that a 30-year-old Los Angeles man and a 30-year-old San Diego student both died in December from the disease....
Tags: Meningitis, AIDS, Common Cold, Diseases and Illnesses
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Immigration proposal could affect California health safety net
Making immigrants ineligible for public health benefits -- at least initially -- under proposed immigration law changes would push the costs of healthcare from the federal government to states and counties, said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy...
Tags: Government, Labor Legislation, Immigration, Migration, Health Insurance Cost
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CalPERS panel recommends 3 new HMO plans alongside Blue Shield
A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System backed its staff's recommendation to break up Blue Shield of California's statewide HMO contract. The agency's pension and health benefits committee voted Tuesday in favor of awarding...
Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Government, Employees, General Motors Corp., Public Employees
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Obama's budget eyes health costs, cigarette tax
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the...
Tags: Government Debt, Medicaid, Republican Party, Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice
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IRS deals employers a setback in healthcare rules: lawyers
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employer-sponsored healthcare plans cannot include most "wellness programs" as part of minimum coverage requirements, dealing a setback to many businesses, according to new federal rules for U.S. President Barack Obama's...Tags: Judges, Washington, DC, Lobbying, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at Work
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CoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
jjacob@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital. The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. The cost of the expansion will be $130 million. ...Tags: Bonds, Hospitals and Clinics, Family, Lobbying, Economy, Business and Finance
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Health care law to spur need for doctors
The estimated 29 million people who are required by federal law to buy health insurance next year will spark a demand for more physicians and other primary care providers in some parts of the nation that won't be met quickly, according to a new study....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Englewood, General Practitioners, University of Chicago, Drugs and Medicines
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The numbers behind the decline in workplace benefits
American employers are asking more from workers as they try to cut costs and become more productive to compete in a globalized world, as described in a Los Angeles Times Sunday story. But they’re also giving them much less. Everything from the...
Tags: Business Enterprises, Employment, Interior Policy, Business, Pension and Welfare
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Closure of three Southland hospitals may be part of a trend
Hospital owner Pacific Health Corp. said it will close its three remaining Southern California hospitals, citing the fallout from a federal fraud case last year in which the company admitted paying to recruit homeless people off skid row in Los Angeles...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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