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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: Indiana, Human Interest, Government Health Care, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Health Insurance
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Indiana's health priorities target obesity, tobacco
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials are targeting infant mortality, obesity, tobacco use and other health priorities in a new five-year plan aimed at improving the health of Hoosiers. The plan released Monday also focuses on assuring...Tags: Indiana, HIV, Obesity, Weight, Hepatitis
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Indiana: Medicaid patients' choice not unlimited
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Medicaid patients don't have unlimited rights to choose medical providers, the state of Indiana said Friday in defending its decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood because it offers abortions.
Planned Parenthood and...Tags: Human Interest, Politics, Abortion Issue, Laws, Abortion
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Indiana move to cut Planned Parenthood funds blocked
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Indiana expects to start offering services to Medicaid patients again Saturday after a federal judge ruled the state is not allowed to cut off the organization's public funding for general health services...Tags: Human Interest, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Abortion, Judges
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HHS rejects Indiana Medicaid plan that bans Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Health and Human Services Department rejected changes in Indiana's Medicaid plan Wednesday, saying it illegally bans funding for Planned Parenthood, and sought to make clear that a similar fate awaits other states that pass...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Nursing Homes, Abortion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Indiana abortion law stirs divide on women's access
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Supporters and opponents of Indiana's new law eliminating Medicaid funding for abortion providers have painted starkly different pictures of Medicaid recipients' options for finding birth control, cancer screening and other...Tags: Human Interest, Mitch Daniels, Abortion, Judges, Medicaid
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Study shows Medicaid kids are denied medical care
CHICAGO (AP) — Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage, according to an undercover study that had researchers pose as parents of sick kids seeking an appointment with a...Tags: Emergency Planning, Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals, Medicaid, Science and Technology
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UPDATE: Construction workers on strike; road, bridge projects put on hold
Hundreds of heavy equipment operators are walking off the job and onto the picket line in northern Indiana.
They’re not fighting for higher wages, but more health insurance benefits.
The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150...Tags: Human Interest, Health Insurance Cost, Heavy Engineering, Symptoms, Social Issues
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Abortion showdown could cost Indiana $4.3 billion
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A looming showdown over Indiana's new law that cuts funding for the Planned Parenthood organization may test how far Republican-led states are willing to go in pressing their tough new anti-abortion agendas.
The stakes are high....Tags: Republican Party, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Abortion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Sides square off over new abortion law in Indiana
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A dispute between Indiana and federal Medicaid officials over the state's new abortion law cutting off some public funding for Planned Parenthood should be resolved by government administrators and not the courts, Indiana...Tags: Human Interest, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Abortion, Judges
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Virginia inmate sues after gruesome tries at sex change
DILLWYN, Va. (AP) — Crouched in her cell, Ophelia De'lonta hoped three green disposable razors from the prison commissary would give her what the Virginia Department of Corrections will not — a sex change. It had been several years since...Tags: Colorado, New York, Psychotherapy, Judges, Oregon
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Mother battles Michigan over daughter's medication
DETROIT (AP) — Frustration over her physically impaired daughter's medical care led Maryanne Godboldo to lash out at what she considered state interference and into a 12-hour standoff when Detroit police came to take the girl away. When it ended,...Tags: Crimes, Pharmaceuticals, Diseases and Illnesses, Detroit, Bronx (New York City)
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