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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: Meningitis, Common Cold, AIDS, Diseases and Illnesses
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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: Government, Illegal Immigrants, Migration, Immigration, Politics
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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: Government, Politics, Healthcare Contract Issues, Public Employees, Employees
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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: Business, Washington, DC, Tobacco Products, Prescription Drugs, Nursing Homes
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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... -
Enough of government by gimmick
The latest shtick in Washington has members of Congress offering to give back 5 percent of their salaries as penance for being feckless boobs. I have a better idea: Stop being feckless boobs. Seriously, I am so over governing by gimmicks. Congress...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Social Issues, Amway, Justin Bieber, Orange County (Florida)
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The numbers behind the decline in workplace benefits
American employers are asking more from workers as they try to cut costs and become more productive to compete in a globalized world, as described in a Los Angeles Times Sunday story. But they’re also giving them much less. Everything from the...
Tags: Business, Employment Opportunities, Interior Policy, Politics, Pension and Welfare
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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: Hospitals and Clinics, Medicare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, Medicaid
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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: Government, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Consumers, Advertising
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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: Business, Consumers, Labor Legislation, Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace
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Florida-based health insurance company contracts being terminated, no gap in Medicare coverage
Senior citizens enrolled in medical and prescription plans through a Florida-based health insurance company will not see a gap in their Medicare coverage, despite the company’s contracts being terminated April 1, according to the Centers for...
Tags: Prescription Drugs, Medicare, Government Health Care, Insurance, Health Insurance
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