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US Senate confirms Tavenner as Medicare/Medicaid chief
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Marilyn Tavenner, a former nurse and hospital company executive, as the first full-fledged administrator for the Medicare and Medicaid healthcare programs since 2006. In a rare show of...Tags: Government Health Care, Barack Obama, Medicaid, Health Insurance, Elections
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Shuster: Time to repeal Obamacare
As we approach the summer months, we get closer and closer to 2014 and the dreaded launch of Obamacare. We still face major uncertainty in how this massive takeover of health care will actually work. Families and small businesses in the 9th District don'...Tags: Lawyers, Elections, Judges, Politics, Family
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County's health care costs to rise
As Brown County works to implement the federal health care act, it's discovering that the measure is coming with no shortage of regulations, as well as some extra expenses. County commissioners have occasionally discussed both since the reform act...Tags: Duane Sutton, Healthcare Provider, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Health and Safety at Work
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Obamacare's tax on innovation
Government leaders are asking us to out-innovate, out-export and out-work our competitors in order for the United States to turn this economy around. But what if our own government was instituting policies that proved to be some of the biggest obstacles...
Tags: Science, National Government, Instrument Engineering, Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park
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California governor urges faster immigration reform
ReutersBy Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - Wading into the national debate over immigration, California Governor Jerry Brown is pushing for a faster path to citizenship for the millions of people who are in the country illegally. Brown's is the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Dianne Feinstein, Medicaid, U.S. Senate, Jerry Brown
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Which party stands to benefit from going after Hispanics? Advantage: Democrats
So, which political party in Florida gets the better of the deal in going after the Hispanic vote? Conventional wisdom favors the Democrats. They’re more attuned on the issues and the demographics favor them. Still, it’s the Republicans...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Elections, Social Issues, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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John David Dyche: Beshear wrong to expand Medicaid
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear is expanding Medicaid eligibility by executive fiat. His action is wrong in several respects. About one of every five Kentuckians is already on Medicaid, the joint federal — and state health care program for low...Tags: Medicaid, Personal Income, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Medical Procedures and Tests
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US senator says Sebelius should stop healthcare fundraising
Reuters* House Republicans seek identity of companies contacted * Senate Republican calls on Sebelius to cease fund-raising By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - An Obama administration effort to raise private donations to help implement President...Tags: Private Health Care, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Lawyers, Cigna Corporation, U.S. Senate
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Gov. Scott's underwhelming leadership during legislative session
With the legislative session over and the dust of lawmakers departing Tallahassee barely settled, Gov. Rick Scott this week took to the campaign trail for a victory lap that was more a display of uninspired leadership than a cause for celebration....Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Don Gaetz, Rick Scott, Medicaid, Personal Income
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U.S. makes data available on wide disparity in hospital charges
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. hospital charges for the same procedure vary widely, in some cases by tens of thousands of dollars, even within a particular town or city, according to data the U.S. government released on Wednesday to boost consumer...Tags: Government Health Care, Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Hospitals and Clinics
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Obama's health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking companies for financial donations to help implement President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, months before it is due to take effect. In telephone calls that began...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Politics
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A health plan prescribed by 'Doc' Bowen
Instead of Obamacare, still so contentious and with all the pieces not yet in place, we could have had Bowencare, with the key piece put in place on July 1, 1988, by Ronald Reagan. It would be named for Dr. Otis R. Bowen, about whom there were many...
Tags: Politics, AIDS, Executive Branch, Government Health Care, Parties and Movements
May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 14, 2013
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May 13, 2013
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May 9, 2013
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 8, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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May 12, 2013
|Column| South Bend Tribune
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