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Obama: 'We don't have moment to spare'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, summoning business leaders to the White House this morning to rally support for his $825-billion economic stimulus plan, made a public appeal for rapid congressional approval of the package. "When it comes to...Tags: National Government, Oliver Purnell, Honeywell International Incorporated, Ohio, State Budgets
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Obama: Healthcare costs must be cut
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Surgery, Academic Progress, State Budgets, Clubs and Associations
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Snow shutters D.C., Senate has 60 votes
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated with president's statements. It's snowing so hard on Washington today that they are grounding all buses and surface trains. It's not going to stop anytime soon. There's already a foot of snow on the ground,......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Weather, State Budgets, Companies and Corporations, Government Health Care
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Problem Solver updates: Water flowing; medical claim still ailing
For the first time in almost a month, the water is flowing in Cassandra Austin's town house. Austin, featured in Sunday's What's Your Problem? column, said service was restored late Friday, meaning she no longer had to pour jugs of water into her toilet...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Jon Yates, Government Health Care, Medicare
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Kids Alive Fest to be held Saturday
Children’s Village of Washington County will host its 22nd annual Kids Alive Fest on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. The event will be held rain or shine. Scheduled activities: helicopter landing, 11 a.m., Maryland State Police...
Tags: Music, Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Maryland State Police, Entertainment, Health and Safety at School
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Children's Village to host Kids Alive Fest
Children’s Village to host Kids Alive Fest Children’s Village of Washington County will host its 22nd annual Kids Alive Fest Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. The event will be held rain or shine. Scheduled activities:...Tags: Ronald McDonald (fictional character), Diabetes, Interior Policy, Politics, Reformed
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Is $1,721.75 the bill you'd expect for treating a cut?
It was your basic, run-of-the-mill accident. Kim Haselhoff's 9-year-old son got nipped in the finger by one of the family dogs. It didn't seem too serious, but there was a bit of blood. Unfortunately, the pediatrician's office had just closed, and the...Tags: X-rays, Tylenol (drug), Government Health Care, Medicare, Walmart
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Problem Solver: Adoption plans halt health insurance coverage application
By any plausible measure, Scott Dolezal is a healthy man. The Oak Park resident stands 6-foot-3 and weighs 210 pounds. He runs regularly, doesn't smoke, and has no history of heart trouble, elevated cholesterol, hay fever, psoriasis, musculoskeletal...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Health Insurance, Social Issues, Insurance, High Cholesterol
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Problem Solver: Ample time passes before kidney stone billing error resolved
The pain in his stomach was almost debilitating. On Nov. 1, 2010, Bill Lepek went to the emergency room at Presence Resurrection Medical Center in Norwood Park. Physicians did some scans and conducted some tests, then zeroed in on the source of his...
Tags: Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Jon Yates, Government Health Care, Medicare
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CEO Pay For 2012 In State, Country Part Of Broken System
The Hartford CourantThe AFL-CIO launched its annual database of CEO pay Monday, showing the average 2012 pay of CEOs at companies on the Standard & Poor's 500 index was $12.3-million, or 354 times more than the average American worker earned. The average of those S&P 500...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Praxair Incorporated, Social Sciences, Cigna Corporation, Middlefield
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Problem Solver: Updates on parking tickets, insurance refund, model dinosaur
After a sleepy winter during which motorcyclist Loreen Targos received no parking tickets, the Loop resident awoke March 13 to find a new violation envelope affixed to her motorcycle, allegedly for "parking or standing in violation of an erected sign."...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Office Depot Inc., Jon Yates, Government Health Care, Medicare
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Stress erodes employee health -- and corporate profits
Arianna HuffingtonOn Tuesday I guest-hosted CNBC's "Squawk Box," a program that bills itself as the show that "brings Wall Street to Main Street." As well as discussing Cyprus and a possible euro-crisis, we discussed the growing trend in corporate America of taking steps...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Research, CNBC (tv network), Google Inc., Arianna Huffington
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