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Witness: Michael Jackson passed medical exam 'with flying colors'
A few months before Michael Jackson’s death, AEG executives were told that the performer had passed a medical exam “with flying colors,” an in-house attorney for the company testified Wednesday. Shawn Trell, senior vice president and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Witnesses, Employment, AEG, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Auto Club of Southern California cuts car insurance rates
About 1 million customers of the Automobile Club of Southern California will get an average $65 reduction in their annual car insurance premiums, the company and the state insurance department announced Wednesday. The total rate cut came to $70 million,...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Substance Abuse, Mercury
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Family of man killed by Downey police settles for $4.5 million
The family of an unarmed man killed by a Downey police officer with a submachine gun in a case of mistaken identity has agreed to a $4.5-million settlement with the city's insurer. Michael Nida, 31, was fatally shot in the back Oct. 22, 2011, by Officer...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Bank of America Corp., Theft, 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: Medical Research, Instrument Engineering, Barbara Boxer, Dwayne Johnson, Manufacturing and Engineering
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AEG sought life insurance on 'basket case' Michael Jackson
In the days before Michael Jackson’s death, AEG executives were still attempting to secure a life insurance policy on the performer who had been acting erratically at rehearsals for his comeback tour, according to testimony and emails revealed in...Tags: Witnesses, Entertainment Events, Randy Phillips, Mike Tyson, Trials
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Healthcare for Angelina Jolie -- and everyone else [Blowback]
We applaud Times columnist Robin Abcarian for shining the light on the inequities in our healthcare system in response to Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her prophylactic mastectomy. When Jolie made her medical decision, she had at her...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Medicare, U.S. Supreme Court, Health and Medical Professionals
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California's jobless hotline hours slashed
SACRAMENTO — Want help from the state getting unemployment benefits? Don't call after noon. Because of federal budget cuts, the California Employment Development Department has told its call center workers not to answer its benefits hotline...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Labor Markets, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployment
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Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing
When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...
Tags: Medical Research, University of California, Los Angeles, Medicare, Prices, Employment
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Gov. Brown vows to take hard line on budget
Spending 'in a wise way' | 10:53 a.m. As lawmakers debate more than a dozen different plans for raising additional taxes on things like cigarettes, marijuana, and oil, California Gov. Jerry Brown said he will take a hard line with his budget. “...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, U.S. Supreme Court
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GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...
Tags: Lamar Alexander, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Healthcare Industry, Justice System
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Letters: How much to fix that dog bite?
Re "After ER trip, it's hospital bill shock," Column, May 10 and "Medical rates range off the chart," May 9 David Lazarus' column on a child's dog bite that resulted in an emergency room bill of $1,721.75 exposes a flaw in the business of healthcare....Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics
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Smashed U.S. cars get second chance in Afghanistan
HERAT, Afghanistan — They sit in the sun harboring their lost histories, their forgotten dreams, their traces of funerals, graduations and stolen kisses. On dusty windshields, insurance stickers from Travelers and State Farm bear witness to wrecks...
Tags: Afghanistan, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, World Bank Group, Services and Shopping
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