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California reveals details of health-law insurance plans
Consumers are getting their first glimpse at what health insurance will look like in California as the state prepares to implement the federal healthcare law. On Wednesday, state officials will spell out the details on policies available next year to...
Tags: Health Insurance, Apples, Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Patient choice bill moves to debate
PIERRE — Physicians and other health care providers should be allowed to deliver services to patients enrolled in any insurance plans in South Dakota, if the providers are willing to meet the plans’ terms and conditions, a legislative panel...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Labor Legislation, Hospitals and Clinics, Hal Wick, Health and Safety at School
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Report: SEAL who killed Bin Laden is struggling in civilian life
The American raid to kill Osama bin Laden may be the most famous top-secret mission of all time, and the latest petal of secrecy was peeled away by Bin Laden's killer himself. On Monday, Esquire and the Center for Investigative Reporting co-released a...Tags: Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Pension and Welfare, Veterans Affairs, Abbottabad (Pakistan)
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Confusion swirls around Esquire story on Osama bin Laden's killer
The fog of Abbottabad strikes again. On Tuesday, confusion continued to swirl around Esquire magazine's cover story about the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden during the instantly legendary May 2011 raid on the terrorist leader's compound in...Tags: Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), Google Inc., Los Angeles Times, Periodicals, Veterans Affairs
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Report: U.S. recovered $4.2 billion from healthcare fraud in 2012
Federal officials said they recovered a record-high $4.2 billion related to healthcare fraud and abuse in fiscal year 2012. U.S. Atty. Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the federal government recovered $7.90...Tags: Government Health Care, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Congress, Medicare
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Solving the state's health disparities
Nearly 10,000 people in West Baltimore are diagnosed each year with new cases of diabetes, hypertension and other treatable, chronic health conditions — enough to fill 24 jumbo jets. These illnesses will kill many of them and complications will...
Tags: Heart Disease, Economy, Business and Finance, High Blood Pressure, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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Michigan GOP governor proposes Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder on Wednesday became the sixth Republican governor to back the extension of Medicaid coverage under the Obama administration's health care overhaul, setting the stage for a potential fight with members of his...
Tags: Government Health Care, Republican Party, Politics, Health Insurance, Tom Corbett
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CBO: Budget deficit estimated at $845B
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's tenure in office, a new report said Tuesday. The Congressional Budget Office analysis said the government will run a $845...Tags: Children's Health, Health Insurance, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Government Debt, Health and Safety at Work
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Alaska Looks to Get A Handle on Health Care Costs
Channel 2 NewsState officials are looking at ways to lower the growth of Alaska's health care costs. Health Commissioner Bill Streur told the House Finance Committee on Monday that the state's health care costs hit $2 billion in 2011. That includes money spent on...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Health Insurance Cost
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Save with rational, not rationed, health care
Robert Yentzer has made a common but fundamental error in his commentary, "The deficit control policy Democrats and Republicans can both love" (Jan. 29). Regarding Social Security, seniors must spend a considerably larger proportion of their income on...Tags: Republican Party, Social Security, Health Insurance Cost
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What might have been: Life under President Romney
News flash: President Romney and congressional leaders met today to review the terms of the recently concluded fiscal cliff deal wherein the Bush tax cuts were extended by four years, the corporate income tax rate was reduced from 35 percent to 25...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Government Health Care, Politics, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Homelessness
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Degree of L.A.'s fiscal problems splits mayoral candidates
A virtual unknown straining to make his mark in the race for mayor of Los Angeles offered an alarming assessment of the city's finances. "We are actually on the brink of bankruptcy," Emanuel Pleitez, a tech executive and former aide to Mayor Antonio...
Tags: Retirement, Local Elections, Port of Los Angeles, Healthcare Contract Issues, Local Government
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