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Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DROUGHT Recent rains lift spirits of SD farmers, ranchers PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'dee) says recent rains across much of South Dakota have improved the outlook for farmers and ranchers hurt by a year-long drought....Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Solar Energy, Justice System, Theft, Wind Power
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Here is the latest Michigan news from The Associated Press
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Governor Rick Snyder says he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the GOP-led Legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income Michiganians. Snyder said in an interview with The Associated Press in...Tags: Prosecution, Executive Branch, Rick Snyder, Judges, Justice System
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
MEDICAID EXPANSION-SNYDER Snyder: Mich. could still get Medicaid expansion LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Governor Rick Snyder says he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the GOP-led Legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to low-...Tags: Tesla Motors, Inc., Automotive Equipment, Justice System, Minor League Baseball, Natural Resource Industry
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'Dual-eligibles' (Medicare/Medicaid) can join pilot program in Feb. 2014
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Virginia will partner with CMS to test a new model for providing Medicare-Medicaid enrollees with a more coordinated, person-centered care experience. There are approximately...
Tags: Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Mental Health, Medicare
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Gov. Rick Snyder: Hopeful for Michigan Medicaid expansion despite its absence in budget deal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder says he is hopeful he can still broker an agreement with the Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income Michiganians. Snyder said in an interview with The Associated...Tags: Executive Branch, Health Insurance, Politics, Rick Snyder, Government Health Care
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A bizarre blame game
In a letter to Gov. Pat Quinn last week, two Illinois Senate leaders called for the ouster of Julie Hamos, who heads the state's biggest public aid agency. Appointed in 2010, Hamos holds one of state government's most complicated, thankless jobs. She...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Politics, Health Insurance, Elections, Science and Technology
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UnitedHealth, Aetna and Cigna opt out of California insurance exchange
Some prominent health insurers, including industry giant UnitedHealth Group Inc., are not participating in California's new state-run health insurance market, possibly limiting the number of choices for millions of consumers. UnitedHealth, the nation'...
Tags: Cigna Corporation, Citigroup Incorporated, Health Insurance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Aetna Inc.
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Latest news, sports, business and entertainment
HELICOPTER PATROLS-WEST MICHIGAN After complaints, Grand Rapids copter patrols halt (Information in the following story is from: The Grand Rapids Press:MLive.com, http://www.mlive.com) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — State police say they're halting...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Justice System, Endangered Species, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Parties and Movements
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SD Gov. Dennis Daugaard appointed to National Governors Association task force on health care
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is part of a National Governors Association task force looking at ways states can improve the quality of health care and cut the cost of public health programs. The task force of a dozen...Tags: Dennis Daugaard, Executive Branch, Politics, Personal Income, Regional Authority
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UPDATED: Gov. Snyder, GOP lawmakers agree to budget targets
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders of the GOP majority in the Legislature reached a budget agreement Tuesday for next fiscal year that doesn't include an expansion of government health insurance for low income-adults and...
Tags: Executive Branch, Finance, Rick Snyder, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Heritage Foundation, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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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: Yale University, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Heart Failure, Environmental Issues, Online Media Industry
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May 17, 2013
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