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Alaska Looks to Get A Handle on Health Care Costs
Channel 2 NewsState officials are looking at ways to lower the growth of Alaska's health care costs. Health Commissioner Bill Streur told the House Finance Committee on Monday that the state's health care costs hit $2 billion in 2011. That includes money spent on...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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Health system to screen job seekers for nicotine
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan health system plans to begin screening job applicants for nicotine use. The Flint Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14ONfuG ) that Flint-based McLaren Health Care has instituted a no-nicotine policy for all job...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health and Safety at Work, Health Insurance
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Save with rational, not rationed, health care
Robert Yentzer has made a common but fundamental error in his commentary, "The deficit control policy Democrats and Republicans can both love" (Jan. 29). Regarding Social Security, seniors must spend a considerably larger proportion of their income on...Tags: Republican Party, Health Insurance Cost, Social Security
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Meet the commenters: "Boris Gendelev"
Change of SubjectPart of an occasional series Commenter ID: Boris Gendelev Real name: Boris Gendelev Gender: Male Year of Birth: 1961 Occupation: Data-driven target marketing consultant, data cruncher, predictive model builder, and when needed, software developer. For the... -
What might have been: Life under President Romney
News flash: President Romney and congressional leaders met today to review the terms of the recently concluded fiscal cliff deal wherein the Bush tax cuts were extended by four years, the corporate income tax rate was reduced from 35 percent to 25...Tags: Media Industry, Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care, Dow Jones Industrial Average, American Civil Liberties Union
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Ahead of federal healthcare overhaul, local hospitals look to primary care
As the new year begins, local healthcare providers are preparing for a potential flood of patients who previously didn’t have access to insurance, but who will now be covered as the federal Affordable Care Act takes effect. More primary care...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Corporate Officers, Nursing, Government Health Care, Medical Specialization
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U.S. could save $2 trillion on health costs - study
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could save $2 trillion in healthcare spending over the next decade, if the U.S. government used its influence in the public and private sectors to nudge soaring costs into line with economic growth, a study...Tags: Republican Party, Health Insurance Cost, Finance, Government Health Care, Government
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UnitedHealth Says Q4 Costs Were Low And Revenue Rose
UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S. health insurer, reported a slight drop in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as medical costs rose, but revenue increased more than 11 percent, helped by growth in its Medicare, care management, technology and...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Flu, Government Health Care, Business, Medicaid
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Anthem's mail-order policy may have crossed a legal line
Anthem Blue Cross may be breaking California law by requiring some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy, according to the state attorney general's office. Anthem, the state's largest for-profit health insurer,...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health Insurance Cost, Federal Trade Commission, Pharmaceuticals, Kamala D. Harris
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Amid serious flu season, should nurses be required to get shots?
L.A. NOWPublic health officials warned that the flu virus wreaking havoc elsewhere in the nation has finally arrived in California, causing widespread hospitalizations across the state.... -
Governor pays visit to Aberdeen
swaltman@aberdeennews.comWhen Gov. Dennis Daugaard visited Aberdeen in January for a chamber of commerce gathering where he discussed his education reform plan, he faced tough questions and plenty of them. Friday, he largely received a pass. The Republican governor spoke to...Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Crime, Law and Justice
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New study helps build the case for expanding Medi-Cal
After pushing to cut Medi-Cal spending in each of his first two years in office, Gov. Jerry Brown now has to decide whether to seek to expand it by billions of dollars -- largely, but not entirely, on Washington's dime. A new report from researchers at...
Tags: Mental Health, Labor Markets, Government Health Care, Medicaid, University of California, Los Angeles
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