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Caterpillar, Milwaukee union to resume negotiations
Tribune staff reporterCaterpillar Inc. and the United Steelworkers Local 1343 in Milwaukee are set to return to the negotiating table on Thursday, the Peoria-based company said in a statement. ?Negotiations had stalled on May 8. Production workers at the company’s...Tags: United Steelworkers, Caterpillar Inc., Employees, Career and Workplace
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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, Judges, Justice System, Apples, Insurance
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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: Government Health Care, Medicare, Dwayne Johnson, Medicaid, Hospitals and Clinics
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Guess who's watching the sheriff's budget?
Surprise, surprise. Look who we found in the audience at Tuesday's budget workshop in County Hall, where Sheriff Scott Israel will talk about his request for a 14 percent increase. Yes, it's his political nemesis, former Sheriff Al Lamberti, sitting...
Tags: Cooper City, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Budgets and Budgeting, Fort Lauderdale, Al Lamberti
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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... -
L.A. mayoral candidates Eric Garcetti, Wendy Greuel pound the pavement
Los Angeles Daily NewsThe two candidates vying to become Los Angeles' next mayor made the most of Sunday with a frenzy of appearances across the city as they headed into the final stretch of a race that shows they are nearly neck in neck with voters. City Councilman Eric...Tags: Tony Cardenas, Jan Perry, Barbara Boxer, Wendy Greuel, Religion and Belief
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Editorial: Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food
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: Nutrition, Consumer Goods Industries, Nikki Haley, Obesity, Heart Disease
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Hospital cost report shows need for single-payer system
Compliments to Morning Call reporter Tim Darragh on his recent coverage of U.S. Health and Human Service's release of hospital charge data. It's eye-opening how charges for identical services vary widely across hospitals in our region. At first blush,...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, Medicare, Allentown, Hospitals and Clinics
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Clearing the air about asthma
The Record, Stockton, Calif.Dr. Greg Bensch would like to see people change their thinking about asthma. Asthma is a chronic disease, but most people don't look at it that way. A chronic disease is a long-lasting health condition that can be controlled but not cured, such as...Tags: Arthritis, Chemical Industry, Heart Disease, Wheezing, Hospitals and Clinics
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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: Poverty, Barack Obama, Medicaid, High Blood Pressure, Social Issues
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Health care costs push off baby boomers' retirement plans
The Providence JournalMore baby boomers are pushing back their retirements and working longer, even as the recovery of the stock market replenishes portfolios that were depleted during the recession. The reason: health care expenses. The cost of medical care for a 65-year-...Tags: Over-the-Counter Medicines, Government Health Care, Medicare, Healthcare Policies, Drugs and Medicines
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Sheriff Israel asks for $93.7 million more, 14% increase
UPDATED with information from BSO The first details of the new Broward County sheriff's budget have emerged: He's asking for a $93.7 million increase in spending, or 14 percent more than was approved last year. To put the number into context, it's...Tags: Law Enforcement, Safety of Citizens, Pension and Welfare, Al Lamberti, Broward County
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