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Editorial: A bizarre blame game played by two senators
In a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn last week, two Illinois Senate leaders called for the ouster of Julie Hamos, who heads the state's biggest public aid agency. Appointed in 2010, Hamos holds one of state government's most complicated, thankless jobs. She...
Tags: Illinois Governor, Politics, Hospitals and Clinics, Pat Quinn, Government Health Care
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Snyder: Michigan could still get Medicaid expansion
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the Republican-led Legislature to expand government health insurance for low-income adults, despite the state's tentative budget...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting, Personal Income, Politics, Rick Snyder
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UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers. UnitedHealth, the nation'...
Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Consumers, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Health Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests
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California picks 13 health plans for state-run insurance market
After weeks of negotiations, California said it has selected 13 health plans for a new state-run insurance marketplace where as many as 5 million people will shop for coverage next year. Officials at Covered California, the state agency implementing the...
Tags: Healthcare Laws, Consumers, Crime, Law and Justice, Molina Healthcare Incorporated, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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UPDATED: Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government, Republican Party, Finance, Health Insurance
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...
Tags: Employment, U.S. Congress, Dwayne Johnson, Instrument Engineering, Science and Technology
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Corbett's public welfare chief disputes financial gains of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG — The Legislature's Independent Fiscal Office has been praised for its thorough, fair number-crunching and for being as nonpartisan as its name suggests since opening last year. But that pristine image may be tarnished now that the...Tags: Tom Corbett, Republican Party, Finance, Dominic Pileggi, Health Insurance
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David Chaffee: Medicaid expansion for Michigan saves money, lives
The following guest commentary was written by David Chaffee, of Petoskey, former Title XX Social Services Administrator, Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation, State of Michigan. Gov. Snyder's bold lead to expand Medicaid to 133 percent of the...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Substance Abuse, Business, Hospitals and Clinics, Government Health Care
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Expanding Medicaid to remain on Gov. Nixon's agenda
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon says he'll continue trying to expand Medicaid health coverage to more Missourians. The Democratic governor campaigned throughout this year's legislative session to increase Medicaid eligibility for lower-income...
Tags: Jay Nixon, Politics, Government, Regional Authority, Government Health Care
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Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo, Bobby Harrison column
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, TupeloPerhaps Phil Bryant is not as conservative as he likes for Mississippi voters to believe. The governor has always referred to himself as a strict constructionist --conservative --when it comes to interpreting the law, and particularly the Constitution....Tags: Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Health Insurance, Long Term Care, Nursing Homes
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Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law
When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...
Tags: Poverty, Personal Income, Chemical Industry, Social Issues, Government Health Care
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Dwayne Johnson, Heart Failure, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes
May 23, 2013
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May 22, 2013
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May 23, 2013
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May 21, 2013
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May 21, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 21, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 21, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
May 21, 2013
|Story| KY3-TV
May 15, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 20, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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