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L.A. Now Live: California scrambling to explain new health law
L.A. NOWTimes Healthcare reporter Anna Gorman will join L.A. Now Live at 9 a.m. Monday to discuss the state's plans for expansion of healthcare under health care reform.... -
Analysis: Obama may turn Medicare reform into wider health debate
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encompass the spiraling healthcare costs that confront a wide range of...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Heritage Foundation, U.S. Senate, Government Health Care, Parties and Movements
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Thomas A. Firey: Why America (still) needs health care reform
In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the nation’s latest attempt to “reform” health care. Yet, despite all the new spending and taxes, and all the new rules and...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Medicare, Consumers, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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UnitedHealth Says Q4 Costs Were Low And Revenue Rose
UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S. health insurer, reported a slight drop in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as medical costs rose, but revenue increased more than 11 percent, helped by growth in its Medicare, care management, technology and...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Sales, Earnings, Consumers, Government Health Care
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2012: McLaren additions among top area health headlines
In January, after more than six months of intense discussion, Northern Michigan Regional Health System entered into an agreement to be part of Flint-based McLaren Health Care. Under the agreement, all affiliates within Northern Michigan Regional Health...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Colleges and Universities, Government Health Care, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest
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Why not expand Medi-Cal in California?
California's Democratic-controlled Legislature has been an enthusiastic supporter of the 2010 federal healthcare reform law, but it has yet to take advantage of one of the most important provisions: the opportunity to offer Medi-Cal, the state's version...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Poverty, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicaid
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Anthem's mail-order policy may have crossed a legal line
Anthem Blue Cross may be breaking California law by requiring some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy, according to the state attorney general's office. Anthem, the state's largest for-profit health insurer,...
Tags: Heart Disease, HIV, Federal Trade Commission, Diabetes, Chemical Industry
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Governor pays visit to Aberdeen
swaltman@aberdeennews.comWhen Gov. Dennis Daugaard visited Aberdeen in January for a chamber of commerce gathering where he discussed his education reform plan, he faced tough questions and plenty of them. Friday, he largely received a pass. The Republican governor spoke to...Tags: Travel, Fiscal Cliff, Retirement, Government, Transportation
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A beneficial way to pay for health care
Many older Americans monitoring the soaring cost of health care are anxious about their futures. How, they ask, will they pay for the out-of-pocket expenses certain to confront them as they grow older and less healthy? One bright spot for them is the...Tags: Employees, Personal Finance, Health Insurance Cost, Personal Investing, Career and Workplace
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Amid serious flu season, should nurses be required to get shots?
L.A. NOWPublic health officials warned that the flu virus wreaking havoc elsewhere in the nation has finally arrived in California, causing widespread hospitalizations across the state.... -
U.S. could save $2 trillion on health costs - study
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the U.S. government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with economic growth, a study...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Economic Indicator, Government Health Care, Government, Politics
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Jerry Brown to take part in Capitol tree-lighting ceremony
PolitiCalGov. Jerry Brown and his wife, Anne Gust Brown, will attend the 81st annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the state Capitol on Wednesday evening. The 50-foot tall white fir tree from Shasta County is the Capitol’s first Christmas tree......
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