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St. Joseph strikes deal with Medicare to recoup some of lost billings
University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center will be able to recoup some of the tens of millions of dollars it lost while operating without a Medicare certification under a compromise reached with federal officials. The Towson hospital will be...
Tags: Allergies, Government Health Care, Cardiologists, St. Joseph Medical Center, Chemical Industry
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It's A Gray Area: Government is meddling in health care
Since my last column about health care appeared in this space, the system has continued to gallop toward disaster. Today, under the federal government's "leadership," we often pay several times more in the United States for the same prescription drugs...Tags: U.S. Navy, Health Insurance, Ayn Rand, Lyndon B. Johnson, National Government
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Medicare premiums could ding some in middle class
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired city worker Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a quiet street in Albuquerque, N.M., and drives an 18-year-old Subaru. Pugach doesn't see herself as upper-income by any stretch, but President Barack Obama's budget...
Tags: George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Politics, Retirement, Government Health Care
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Feds: National pill-trafficking ring has roots in Central Florida
A sophisticated drug-trafficking ring that recruited people to obtain prescriptions for painkillers and then sold those pills on the streets has been operating in Central Florida for several years, federal authorities said Thursday. After a lengthy,...
Tags: Criminals, OxyContin (drug), Drug Trafficking, Government Health Care, Punishment
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Letters: Medicare and Amgen
Re "Remove Medicare's straitjacket," Opinion, March 29 Art Kellerman misunderstands why Congress delayed inclusion of oral-only drugs in the Medicare payment bundle for dialysis services. It wasn't to give Amgen and other drug makers a major windfall;...Tags: Government Health Care, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Health and Medical Professionals, U.S. Congress, Amgen Inc.
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AP analysis: Obama's budget tries to bridge political gap
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's first budget of his new term is a political straddle, aimed at enticing Republicans into a new round of deficit negotiations while trying to keep faith with Democrats who favor higher taxes in service of...
Tags: Personal Income, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Public Finance
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Critics revive past promises to knock Obama budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for seniors say President Barack Obama is breaking his promise to protect Social Security, while conservatives say he is breaking his promise not to raise taxes on the middle class. Obama's budget proposal includes a...
Tags: Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Retirement, Altria Group, Inc., American Cancer Society
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A lazy budget
WASHINGTON -- There is something profoundly timid about President Obama's proposed $3.778 trillion budget for 2014. Stripped of boasts about "investments" for the future and a responsible "balance" between deficit reduction and economic growth, the budget...
Tags: Interior Policy, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Cost, Personal Weapon Control
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Report ranks Waynesboro Hospital one of safest in U.S.
Waynesboro Hospital was ranked among the top 10 percent of the nation’s hospitals for providing outstanding patient safety, according to a report released April 9 at www.healthgrades.com. Waynesboro Hospital was one of 379 hospitals in the country...Tags: Government Health Care, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Hospitals and Clinics
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The fights Obama picks over Medicare
The budget that President Obama released Wednesday doesn't include the sort of headline-grabbing initiatives that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) included in his proposal for fiscal 2014, such as a dramatic overhaul of the tax code...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health Insurance, Barack Obama, General Practitioners, Budgets and Budgeting
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Closer to Obama's 'grand bargain'
The budget proposal President Obama released Wednesday sticks close to the themes of increased public investment and middle-class growth that he sounded in his reelection campaign, but it includes one notable new feature. For the first time, Obama lays...Tags: Personal Income, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Government Health Care
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Problem Solver updates: Water flowing; medical claim still ailing
For the first time in almost a month, the water is flowing in Cassandra Austin's town house. Austin, featured in Sunday's What's Your Problem? column, said service was restored late Friday, meaning she no longer had to pour jugs of water into her toilet...
Tags: Jon Yates, Government Health Care, Health and Medical Professionals, Aetna Inc.
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