Posts Tagged ‘health’

Live From Washington! It’s Obama health care drama

Live From Washington! It’s Obama health care drama
WASHINGTON (AP) – Coming soon to daytime television: America’s long-running civic drama over how to provide better health care to more of its people without breaking the bank.

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Local health officials hope to learn from H1N1 scramble

Local health officials hope to learn from H1N1 scramble
Last fall’s distribution of swine-flu (H1N1) vaccine in and around King County provoked broad public outrage and strained both public and private health-care capabilities. Public- health officials are analyzing lessons learned as they prepare for a future — and possibly more lethal — pandemic.

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Catholic Health East and BayCare Health System Pledge $200,000 to Rebuild Hospital in Port-Au-Prince

Catholic Health East and BayCare Health System Pledge $200,000 to Rebuild Hospital in Port-Au-Prince
Additional Grants and Donations Total Approximately $50,000 NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. and CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb.

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Parents struggle to find health insurance for their children

Parents struggle to find health insurance for their children
According to Hilltop’s Child and Family Center, half of Mesa County’s children are eligible for low-cost health insurance programs, but their parents don’t know it.

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GOP Stalwarts’ Top 10 List For Health Overhaul

GOP Stalwarts’ Top 10 List For Health Overhaul
Conservative health policy analyst John Goodman and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offer an explicit response to President Obama’s recent call for more ideas from Republicans in a Wall Street Journal op-ed today.

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For health care, a frantic ride in the final days

For health care, a frantic ride in the final days
WASHINGTON (AP) — Like a roller-coaster ride on its last twisting turns, President Barack Obama’s campaign to remake health care is barreling into final days of breathless suspense and headlong momentum.

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Monday Letters: Olympic Games, Aussie flag, Parliament, health care and more

Monday Letters: Olympic Games, Aussie flag, Parliament, health care and more
Opinions and views from Times Colonist readers

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Random health insurance audits catch errors

Random health insurance audits catch errors
By: Tara Bannow It started with an e-mail telling senior Wade Plafcan he was being audited for insurance by the University of Minnesota. Following three stressful weeks of phone calls to One Stop and his insurance company, his student account was loaded with hundreds of dollars in erroneous fees. “It was really frustrating having to deal with school and having this on top of everything else …

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Province to consult on new Health Act

Province to consult on new Health Act
Premier Ed Stelmach’s government says it plans to move quickly in consulting the public and health-care providers on a new Alberta Health Act, which is expected to be introduced this fall.

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California Woman Will Marry For Health Insurance

California Woman Will Marry For Health Insurance
Terri Carlson, 45, said she doesn’t care what you look like, she’ll marry you, but only if you have good health insurance. “The lower the co-pay, the sexier you are to me,” she said. As a mother and housewife for 24 years, Carlson never had to worry about health care, until now. She is divorced and has one year left under Cobra Health Coverage, but after that, she will have nothing to help pay …

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