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Two more men died from meningitis last year, group says
Two more men died from bacterial meningitis late last year, according to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The organization said Tuesday that a 30-year-old Los Angeles man and a 30-year-old San Diego student both died in December from the disease....
Tags: Common Cold, AIDS, Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis
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Immigration proposal could affect California health safety net
Making immigrants ineligible for public health benefits -- at least initially -- under proposed immigration law changes would push the costs of healthcare from the federal government to states and counties, said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy...
Tags: Politics, National Government, Career and Workplace, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration
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CalPERS panel recommends 3 new HMO plans alongside Blue Shield
A key committee of the California Public Employees' Retirement System backed its staff's recommendation to break up Blue Shield of California's statewide HMO contract. The agency's pension and health benefits committee voted Tuesday in favor of awarding...
Tags: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Collective Contract, Politics, Healthcare Contract Issues, Career and Workplace
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Obama's budget eyes health costs, cigarette tax
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next year under the health care law the GOP has bitterly fought to repeal. But the...
Tags: Healthcare Laws, Washington, DC, Business, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mich. bill requires disclosure of end-of-life treatment policy
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate is expected to approve legislation that would require health care providers to disclose upon request their policies for end-of-life treatment. Some hospitals have what is known as a medical futility... -
Mich. bill requires treatment policy disclosure
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Senate has approved legislation that would require health care providers to disclose their policies for end-of-life treatment when asked. Some hospitals have what is known as a medical futility policy. The policy... -
CoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
jjacob@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital. The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. The cost of the expansion will be $130 million. ...Tags: Financial Markets, Finance, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy
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Health care law to spur need for doctors
The estimated 29 million people who are required by federal law to buy health insurance next year will spark a demand for more physicians and other primary care providers in some parts of the nation that won't be met quickly, according to a new study....Tags: Northwestern University, Englewood, University of Chicago, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines
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Closure of three Southland hospitals may be part of a trend
Hospital owner Pacific Health Corp. said it will close its three remaining Southern California hospitals, citing the fallout from a federal fraud case last year in which the company admitted paying to recruit homeless people off skid row in Los Angeles...
Tags: Government Health Care, Medicaid, Symptoms, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Hospitals and Clinics
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Health reform's changes stir worries as they take shape in Md.
State lawmakers put finishing touches last week on plans to apply federal health care reforms in Maryland come Jan. 1. But who becomes newly insured — and at what cost —still worries stakeholders as the state speeds toward becoming one of...
Tags: Advertising, Regional Authority, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Executive Branch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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State hires consumer group to help it review healthcare rates
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones lashed out Tuesday at another double-digit rate hike for thousands of small businesses getting their health insurance from industry giant Anthem Blue Cross. But this time Jones got some help from a surprising...
Tags: Small Businesses, Career and Workplace, Healthcare Laws, Business, Insurance
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Insurers see way to dodge federal healthcare law next year
A new fight is brewing over health insurance companies letting millions of Americans renew their current coverage for another year — and thereby avoid changes under the federal healthcare law. That may offer a short-term benefit for certain...
Tags: Healthcare Laws, Aetna Inc., Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Insurance, Crime, Law and Justice
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