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The Front Burner: Judging lawmakers on Medicaid
Get a good backgrounding in Medicaid from the Kaiser Family Foundation at kff.org/medicaid/. Florida's House and Senate worked as a team on some significant issues, including ethics reform, teacher pay raises and early voting, during the 2013...Tags: Finance, Health Care Reform (2009), Periodicals, Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance
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The Front Burner: Misrepresentations blocked care for a million Floridians
Despite the support of Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Senate, the 2013 legislative session ended with the Florida House unilaterally blocking the extension of health coverage to more than a million low-income, uninsured Floridians. Approving...Tags: Politics, Florida Legislature, Government Health Care, Rick Scott, Health Insurance
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
Tags: Insurance, Healthcare Provider, Mayo Clinic, Medical Procedures and Tests, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Editorial: Hospital sticker shock
Most people entering the hospital can't get a straight answer to an obvious question: How much will this procedure or treatment cost? Nor can people easily compare prices among hospitals in their area. Now that is changing. The federal Centers for...Tags: Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pneumonia, 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: Heart Attack, Dwayne Johnson, Medical Procedures and Tests, Pneumonia, Heart Failure
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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
ELLSWORTH-FURLOUGHS Military furloughs affect Ellsworth Air Force Base RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The military's plan to furlough civilian employees to save money will affect an estimated 566 workers at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota....Tags: Human Interest, Dwayne Johnson, Career and Workplace, Ceremonies, Cocoa Beach
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House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again
WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...Tags: Elections, Politics, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, John Boehner, Lawyers
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Senate approves Obama choice to head Medicare
WASHINGTON – In an unusual break in the partisan warring over healthcare, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Obama's choice to oversee the mammoth Medicare and Medicaid health programs. Marilyn Tavenner, a former hospital executive and...
Tags: Elections, Medicare, Politics, Barack Obama, Government Health Care
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John David Dyche: Medicaid expansion: evidence and alternatives
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear’s decision to expand Medicaid came mere days after the most significant study of the issue concluded that extending Medicaid coverage to the previously uninsured “generated no significant improvements in...Tags: Steve Beshear, Mitt Romney, Poverty, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama
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West Boynton gets rundown of legislative session
Tallahassee legislators made a trip to West Boynton for this month's Coalition Of Boynton West Residential Association meeting. Kevin Rader, D-Delray Beach, Lori Berman, D-Lantana, Irving Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, Joseph Abruzzo, D-Wellington and Maria...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Transportation Industry, Government Health Care, Delray Beach, National Transportation Safety Board
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AP: Health reforms penalize some Indians
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Liz DeRouen needs any kind of health care services, from diabetes counseling to a dental cleaning, she checks into a government-funded clinic in Northern California's wine country that covers all her medical needs. Her...
Tags: Insurance, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, 2010 Census, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Senate confirms Tavenner to run health insurance programs with bigger budget than Pentagon
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the...Tags: Elections, Healthcare Laws, Politics, Government, Max Baucus
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