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'Safety net' hospitals watching health law impact
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Indiana hospitals that serve as safety nets for the poor and uninsured say they're waiting to see what impact the federal health care overhaul has on their bottom lines. The law will give more people access to insurance...Tags: Health Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care, Healthcare Policies
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A public health compromise for California
The Legislature is poised to offer health insurance to millions of additional low-income Californians, with the federal government covering much of the cost. The expansion would be a boon to counties, which collectively spend billions of dollars caring...
Tags: Immigration, Health Insurance, Personal Income, Vehicles, Services and Shopping
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Now, it's Gov. Scott's turn to show leadership on the budget
South Florida survived the Florida Legislature. Up next is Gov. Rick Scott who can turn a bill into law and a lawmaker's budget request into reality — or not. Over the next two weeks, the governor will either approve, or kill, a number of...Tags: Rick Scott, Crime, Law and Justice, Prescription Drugs, Everglades, Broward County
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Douglas C. Lyons: State will go on break next year as politics trumps policy
Okay. State lawmakers obviously dropped the ball when it came to expanding health care by failing to take federal funding for Medicaid. Too close to Obamacare, a majority of Republicans in the Florida Legislature felt as they stood tall on partisan...Tags: Government, Political Fundraising, Insurance, Rick Scott, Florida Legislature
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Budget priorities taking shape in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG — Choice and convenience. They are two words Gov. Tom Corbett has used often since February. He says them when talking about his budget proposal to expand beer sales and sell the state-owned liquor store system to fund a four-year grant...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Republican Party, Edward G. Rendell, Labor Legislation, Joseph B. Scarnati
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The 2013 legislative session's biggest winners, losers
Lawmakers put to bed another legislative session Friday night and, as usual, some people in Florida came out big winners and others came out losers. Teachers and state workers got raises in the state budget, the insurance industry held onto a 26-year-...
Tags: Political Fundraising, Government, Insurance, Rick Scott, Teaching and Learning
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Bill Nelson says he's not running for governor, but not everyone believes him
Sun SentinelU.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said Friday in Fort Lauderdale he has “no plans” to run for governor next year, but declined to give a Shermanesque statement flatly declaring it’s something he wouldn’t do. Speaking to about 175...Tags: Government, Ted Deutch, Regional Authority, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Bill Nelson
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Medicaid expansion good for Maryland
Thank you for your recent article on a study of Medicaid the New England Journal of Medicine that addressed the role of Medicaid in promoting mental health and protecting families from financial ruin ("Study: Medicaid has mixed record in improving health,...
Tags: Mental Health, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Medical Research
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Did Legislature do its job for us?
The Great Recession hit Florida harder than most states, with unemployment far exceeding the national average. Government revenue dried up, but to its credit, the Legislature tightened its belt rather than raise taxes. Today, Florida is bouncing back....Tags: Government, Rick Scott, Regional Authority, Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance
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Overselling Obamacare
WASHINGTON -- It's the great moral imperative behind the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"): People should not be denied health care because they can't afford insurance. Health status and insurance are assumed to be connected, and opponents have often been...
Tags: Prostate Cancer, Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance, Medical Research, Diabetes
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House GOP backs expanded Medicaid, with conditions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Majority Republicans in the Michigan House are backing an expansion of Medicaid eligibility to more low-income residents, but only if major changes are made to the government health insurance program. A plan unveiled Thursday...Tags: Rick Snyder, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Power of attorney urged for selling parent's home
Q: My mother had to be moved to a nursing home from her "independent living" house. This is a very small retirement community and is connected to an assisted-living facility. People who live in the independent homes can move into assisted living easily...Tags: Nursing, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care, Economy, Business and Finance, Lawyers
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|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 10, 2013
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May 5, 2013
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May 9, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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May 9, 2013
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