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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Prices, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Elections, Health Net Inc.
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C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the...
Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Human Rights, AIDS, Viral Diseases and Infections, Bob Dole
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U.S. sticks to limits on health insurance charges for older people
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday finalized new consumer safeguards for health insurance that impose tighter restrictions on what insurers can charge older customers, despite industry warnings that the young may be forced to pay...Tags: Consumers, Education, Justice System, Geography, Washington, DC
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Gov. Scott to voters: Never mind
ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., was one of those tea party stars whom voters believed had the courage of his convictions when he promised, as recently as last summer, to block the Affordable Care Act in his state. But last week, writes...Tags: Immigration, Regional Authority, Healthcare Industry, Health Insurance, Americans for Prosperity
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Ex-Surgeon General C. Everett Koop dies
C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, has died in New Hampshire at age 96. An assistant at Koop's Dartmouth institute,...
Tags: Consumers, University of Pennsylvania, Heroin, AIDS, Bob Dole
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Elizabeth Paul: Don't sell Obama short on what he has accomplished
I was troubled by misinformation in Art Callaham’s column (Feb. 17) promoting the blogs of Rabbi Pruzansky. It is simply untrue to state that President Obama didn’t defend his first-term record or put forward a second-term agenda. He...Tags: Small Businesses, Finance, Elections, Business, Republican Party
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Republicans can't escape blame for sequester
If aliens came to earth from outer space in search of intelligent life, Congress is the last place they would look for it. The Republican-led 112th Congress -- in a good week, in session no more than two and a half days -- let the Standard & Poor's credit...
Tags: Head Start, Eric Cantor, National Security, John Boehner, Budgets and Budgeting
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County faces transit, healthcare issues, Yaroslavsky says
L.A. NOWL.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who is preparing to return to private life after nearly four decades in public office, offered some thoughts on the direction of the county and the city of Los Angeles at a lunch forum.... -
No, Washington Post, Obamacare is not that complicated
The Washington Post's "Wonkblog" page is up Wednesday morning with a flow chart showing how to determine eligibility for government help to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The Post describes the chart, which was prepared by the...
Tags: Insurance, The Washington Post, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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County decides on Medi-Cal managed care
Staff WriterAmid the backdrop of national health care reform, more than 52,000 Imperial County residents are set to undergo unrelated changes in how their Medi-Cal benefits are managed. The county Board of Supervisors decided to transition into Medi-Cal managed care...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Diabetes, Government Health Care, Asthma
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The GOP confronts its 'stuffy old men' problem
Give some credit to the Republican National Committee for at least recognizing that the Grand Old Party has a bit too much "old" and not enough "grand." Its recently released 100-page, post-election analysis, put together by veteran party advisers, points...Tags: Immigration, Regional Authority, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Conservative Political Action Conference, Jeb Bush
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The unmasking of Paul Ryan and his budget
Quick! Somebody tell President Obama. Alert the members of Congress. Shout it out to the media: I have balanced the budget! That's right. Me. Bill Press, talk show host. I did it. I can't balance my own checkbook, but I balanced the federal budget. In...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost, Parties and Movements, Paul Ryan
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