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Delays threaten opening of Santa Cruz mental health unit
The Santa Cruz SentinelCounty health care officials are considering a backup plan in case a new $13 million behavioral health unit isn't ready to open on Jan. 1. Despite breaking ground on the project last July, the new center on Soquel Avenue near Capitola Road is barely...Tags: Mental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions
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County agencies readying for health care reform deluge
Ventura County StarNearly 50,000 more Ventura County residents people could receive Medi-Cal services under federal health care reform in a deluge starting Jan. 1, county officials projected Tuesday. The expansion of the state and federally funded program for low-income...Tags: Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care
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Officials: Democratic Sen. Baucus to retire
Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee who steered President Barack Obama's health care overhaul into law but recently broke with his party on gun control legislation, has decided to retire, Democratic...Tags: Laws, Mark Begich, Carl Levin, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Work starts soon on medical clinic in downtown Lenoir
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C.Caldwell Memorial Hospital will invest some $3 million into a new health care clinic in downtown Lenoir, where primary health care providers in different parts of the city will converge at a building seen by health officials as a path to meeting a growing...Tags: Women's Health, Human Interest, Pediatrics, Vaccines, Hospitals and Clinics
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Scott at odds with House, Senate
Gov. Rick Scott sent a message Tuesday to House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz that his priorities need to get more attention. “I’m sure that the speaker of the house and the senate president would like to have a...Tags: Don Gaetz, Politics, Rick Scott, Joe Negron, Executive Branch
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St. Mary's struggles with annual budget
The Brunswick News, Ga.By GORDON JACKSON The Brunswick News ST. MARYS -- Creating a budget hasn't been the easiest task for municipal governments in the past five years because of the economy and decreasing property values, and St. Marys is no different. When city...Tags: Politics, Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Local Elections, Public Officials
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An Rx for the doctor shortage
New subsidies and insurance regulations in the 2010 healthcare law are expected to bring coverage to millions of uninsured Californians starting next year. The newly insured are likely to put a bigger strain on the healthcare system, particularly in their...
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Asthma, Prescription Drugs, Symptoms, Nursing
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Many private interests were Brown's fellow travelers in China
SACRAMENTO — As Gov. Jerry Brown returned this week from his trade mission to China, his decision to have his travel and that of 10 staffers paid for by special interests was raising eyebrows. The dozens of delegates who joined Brown on the tour...
Tags: Laws, China Earthquake (2010), Crime, Law and Justice, State Farm Insurance, Finance
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Two more men died from meningitis last year, group says
Two more men died from bacterial meningitis late last year, according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The organization said Tuesday that a 30-year-old Los Angeles man and a 30-year-old San Diego student both died in December from the disease....
Tags: Common Cold, Meningitis, Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS
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Immigration proposal could affect California health safety net
Making immigrants ineligible for public health benefits -- at least initially -- under proposed immigration law changes would push the costs of healthcare from the federal government to states and counties, said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Migration, Health Insurance, Politics
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CalPERS panel recommends 3 new HMO plans alongside Blue Shield
A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System backed its staff's recommendation to break up Blue Shield of California's statewide HMO contract. The agency's pension and health benefits committee voted Tuesday in favor of awarding...
Tags: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Politics, Career and Workplace, General Motors Corp., Public Employees
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CoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
jjacob@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital. The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. The cost of the expansion will be $130 million. ...Tags: Financial Markets, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009), Finance, Hospitals and Clinics
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