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Failure Of 9/11 Health Bill Could Put NY Clinics In Jeopardy
Associated PressThe network of health centers providing free medical tests and treatment to 58,000 people exposed to World Trade Center dust faces a less certain future if Congress doesn't pass legislation aimed at helping victims of 9/11's toxic legacy. Senate...Tags: Health, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Lawyers, Coughing
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Schumer Calls for Healthcare Reform, Points to Severe Spike in Cost of Premiums
wpix.comNew York Sen. Charles Schumer says the big rise in health insurance premiums in recent years is one reason the country needs health care reform. The Democrat says premiums in New York have gone up 81 percent in the past nine years. Schumer favors the...Tags: Health, New York, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Legislation may enable states to offer universal healthcare
Universal coverage, Medicare for all, single payer — call it what you will. It's clear that conservative forces are determined to prevent such a system from ever being introduced at the national level. So it's up to the states.
The catch is that to...Tags: Health, Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance, Mark Leno
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Letters: Medical billing done wrong
Re "Itemized medical bills sorely lacking," Column, May 11 I read with amazement that the L.A. County Department of Health Services' computerized billing system cannot itemize a bill for services rendered. I don't believe that it would take a rocket...Tags: Health, Health Insurance
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Healthcare jobs fuel revival in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH — While most of the nation is still trying to claw its way out of the deep economic crater left by the recession, this onetime steel capital is already out — thanks largely to the relentless growth in healthcare jobs. Partly...
Tags: Health, Employment, Sales, Health Insurance, Employment Opportunities
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Healthcare reform is about lives, not just politics
Dale Berman doesn't just have a rooting interest in the Supreme Court upholding the healthcare reform law. You could say his life depends on it. Berman, 54, of Burbank is a freelance photographer who has hadCrohn's diseasehis entire life. Crohn's is a...
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Charity Surf & Skate Auction kicks off Venice Art Walk on Friday
All The RageThe 34th annual Venice Art Walk & Auctions kicks off April 27 with a surf & skate auction featuring one-of-a-kind skate decks and customized surf boards. The event is part of an annual fundraiser for the Venice Family Clinic.... -
Health plan concerns
When the Obama administration's healthcare financing plan was signed into law, President Obama and Congress promised that funds under the new law would not cover abortions. This has now been proven to be empty rhetoric. Why? Because the Department of...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance
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Who says 'Obamacare' will kill free enterprise? Romney does
In my column on Sunday, I quoted Mitt Romney’s warning last week that President Obama’s health reform law could doom the free-enterprise system in the United States. “With Obamacare fully installed,” Romney said, “government...
Tags: Health, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Ann Romney, Public Finance, Health Insurance
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U.S. needs better health care coverage, panel says
The United States can have quality health care at a reasonable price, but a public divided over health care would first have to support expanding health insurance coverage, a panel of experts said Wednesday in Bethlehem. Author and journalist T.R. Reid,...Tags: Mountains, Health, PBS (tv network), Health Insurance, Insurance
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UConn Insurance Law Director: Individual Mandate Is Necessary
Below is an opinion piece written by Peter Kochenburger, executive director of the Insurance Law Center at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Kochenburger argues in favor of the individual mandate, the component in federal health care reform...Tags: Health, Vehicles, Crime, Law and Justice, Services and Shopping, Health Insurance
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Expert explains part of health care bill
Daily American Staff WriterThe U.S. Supreme Court will, sometime this summer, rule on the constitutionality of the health care reform bill passed by Congress in March 2010. The bill, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, began to take effect in 2010, but many of...Tags: Health, Employment, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Insurance, Medicaid
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