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Heath care payment system lambasted
The Leader-TelegramIn describing how America's health care payment system works, the words "perverse" and "unsustainable" came up Friday morning in a panel of Chippewa Valley health care leaders. The U.S. already spends $1 out of every $6 in its economy on health care,...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Mayo Clinic, Private Health Care
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David Hart: Chance to right-size Cat Fund fails
For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy "hurricane tax" assessments from past hurricanes. We also face the risk...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Finance, Hurricanes, Florida Legislature
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New co-op health insurer chooses Memphis-based Baptist hospital system
Commercial AppealA nonprofit health care insurer in Tennessee created under the federal Affordable Care Act to compete with other insurers selected Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care to provide medical services as the hospital system for services in West...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Credit and Debt, Cigna Corporation
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Euler Hermes sees 20% growth in GCC countries
Khaleej TimesEuler Hermes, a market leader in credit insurance, will continue to invest in GCC countries and expects around 20 per cent growth in premium portfolio this year and next year, according to top company officials. The credit insurance market achieved...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Credit and Debt, Corporate Performance, United Arab Emirates
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My wife faced Angelina Jolie's dilemma 11 years ago
The revelation that actress Angelina Jolie had her breasts removed because of gene testing results may have seemed shocking and extreme to many of you. My family knew better. We've been there. My wife, a breast cancer survivor who underwent a...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Breast Cancer, Dwayne Johnson, Angelina Jolie
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N.C. jobless rate falls with more residents leaving workforce
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Another large departure of discouraged North Carolinians from the workforce during April contributed to the state's jobless rate reaching its lowest level since the recession began 5 1/2 years ago. The rate fell 0.3 percentage points to 8.9 percent, the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment Benefits, Career and Workplace
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WakeMed warns of looming staff cuts
The News & ObserverWakeMed Health & Hospitals laid off 31 people last week in a reorganization that CEO Bill Atkinson warns is a taste of things to come under federal health care reform, which is designed to squeeze costs out of health care delivery. Atkinson couldn't say...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Care Reform (2009), Wake County, Unemployment
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EDITORIAL: The arbitrary charges for hospital care
The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, Calif.Call it the sticker price. Anyone who ever bought a new car knows what that is -- the starting point for negotiations. Any resemblance to the actual price is coincidental. In real estate, they call it the listing price. It's negotiable, too. Who...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics, Tylenol (drug), Government Health Care
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Commerzbank shares bounce back after stake sale
ReutersFRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank shares leapt as much as 17.6 percent on Wednesday as investors bought back stock sold in anticipation of a share placing by Germany's bank bailout fund, which was completed earlier in the day. Hedge funds have bet...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Deutsche Bank AG, Germany, Russia, Finance
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Boca Raton businesses make 'top 50' ranking of women-owned firms
Two women who are business owners in Boca Raton have never met, but would likely have a lot to talk about over lunch. Terry Lehmann and Barbara Levine both founded successful businesses that were named in May to a "Top 50" list of flourishing women-owned...Tags: Boca Raton, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, American Express Company, Agricultural Research and Technology, Justice System
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Report: No retaliation found in Citizens' firings
The firing of four members of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s Office of Corporate Integrity last fall was not retaliatory, according to the final report issued Monday by Gov. Rick Scott's chief inspector general investigating the incident. Six months...Tags: Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Executive Branch, Government, Politics, Rick Scott
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BRIEF: Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors Watch (5/15/13)
The Modesto BeeThe Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors took the following action Tuesday: --Unanimously approved a program to loan life jackets to the public, free of charge, at Woodward Reservoir. The effort to prevent drownings will run from March 25 to Sept. 1....
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