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Food stamps and Fritos
Is there any human impulse stronger than the urge to tell others what not to eat? Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty snacks, fried anything, refined grains, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Weight, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Obesity, Heart Disease
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Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election
Reuters* Democratic Party primary is on Tuesday * City is poster child for mismanaged public finances By Hilary Russ May 19 (Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Politics, Parties and Movements, Bank of America Corp.
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A conversation with Thom Rosenberg
The Wichita EagleFor Thom Rosenberg, the end of one career brings about the start of another. "People that know me know that I'm a little hyperactive. I want to be kept busy and be able to make a difference," said Rosenberg, who practiced medicine in Wichita for 39...Tags: General Practitioners, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Allergies, Drugs and Medicines, Heart Disease
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EDITORIAL: Costs of health-care reform will be borne by counties and states
Duluth News TribuneThey saw it coming. And even though they were assured repeatedly the cash would be there to offset the costs of implementing federal health-care reform, St. Louis County officials started squirreling away money anyway. And now they're glad they did....Tags: Career and Workplace, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, St. Louis, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Pay rises for area execs, mostly from awards
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Compensation rose, in some instances significantly, for eight of the top 10 compensated executives in the Triad during fiscal year 2012, primarily because of stock and option awards they qualified for last year. In fact, the awards represented the...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Brown University, Capital Bank Corporation, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Newspaper and Magazine
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What we think: Central Florida needs to break the obesity cycle
Not so long ago, about one in every 10 adult Floridians was obese. Today, if you line up four Floridians, one of them will be obese. The good news? At least we're not Mississippi, where every third person has a body mass index of 30 or higher —...
Tags: Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Family, Body Mass Index, Diabetes
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Parties and Movements, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mitt Romney, Executive Branch
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Charity's investment a prescription for profits for drug maker
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWhat happens when a disease-fighting charity dives into venture capitalism? In the first case of its kind, the results include one of the planet's most expensive pills, huge sales projections for a drug company and windfalls for executives who sold...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Newspaper and Magazine, Medicaid
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Premiums under new health-care law remain about the same
Seattle TimesLast year, many health insurers were predicting huge premium increases of up to 70 percent for new individual health plans created under "Obamacare" rules. But when insurers filed their requests for rates last week with the Washington State Office of...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, Justice System, Judges
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Hospital charges vary by location
The Hutchinson News, Kan.If you looked into the data on hospital charges released last week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, you may have needed treatment for sticker shock. Charges ranged widely and without...Tags: Health Insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Dwayne Johnson, Medicaid, Government Health Care
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COMPANIES
SOUTH BEND On-Site Health Solutions received certification by the state of Indiana as a woman-owned business enterprise. Owner Connie Bryan, R.N., started the company in 2006 to help companies in Indiana and Michigan control health care costs with on-site... -
For those who serve
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, a recent visit to Afghanistan and Bahrain confirmed my deep appreciation for service members and citizens who willingly put themselves in harm's way for the sake of our nation. Over the course of an...Tags: U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Jackie Walorski, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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