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Goldberg: It's 'I told you so' on Obamacare
"What we've learned through the course of this program is that this is really not a sensible way for the healthcare system to be run." That was Gary Cohen, director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Consumer Information and...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Iraq War (2003-2011), Employment, Barack Obama, Politics
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2 fugitives accused of Medicare fraud may be in Glendale, U.S. says
Federal authorities say two of Medicare's most-wanted fugitives may be hiding out in Glendale. Healthcare investigators say Karo Gotti Blkhoyan, 32, and Anush Sahakyan, 29, set up a phony medical clinic in South Carolina from 2009 to 2010 and billed for...
Tags: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Medicare
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California reveals details of health-law insurance plans
Consumers are getting their first glimpse at what health insurance will look like in California as the state prepares to implement the federal healthcare law. On Wednesday, state officials will spell out the details on policies available next year to...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Apples, Health Insurance Cost, Barack Obama, Insurance
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Report: SEAL who killed Bin Laden is struggling in civilian life
The American raid to kill Osama bin Laden may be the most famous top-secret mission of all time, and the latest petal of secrecy was peeled away by Bin Laden's killer himself. On Monday, Esquire and the Center for Investigative Reporting co-released a...
Tags: Pakistan, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Confusion swirls around Esquire story on Osama bin Laden's killer
The fog of Abbottabad strikes again. On Tuesday, confusion continued to swirl around Esquire magazine's cover story about the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden during the instantly legendary May 2011 raid on the terrorist leader's compound in...
Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Congressional Medal of Honor Heroes, Periodicals, Book, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011)
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New program set to offer housing help for disabled Californians
L.A. NOWCalifornia is trying to move more disabled people out of institutionalized care and into the community by offering rental assistance, officials announced.... -
Report: U.S. recovered $4.2 billion from healthcare fraud in 2012
Federal officials said they recovered a record-high $4.2 billion related to healthcare fraud and abuse in fiscal year 2012. U.S. Atty. Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the federal government recovered $7.90...Tags: U.S. Congress, Kathleen Sebelius, Medicare
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Degree of L.A.'s fiscal problems splits mayoral candidates
A virtual unknown straining to make his mark in the race for mayor of Los Angeles offered an alarming assessment of the city's finances. "We are actually on the brink of bankruptcy," Emanuel Pleitez, a tech executive and former aide to Mayor Antonio...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Healthcare Contract Issues, Health Insurance Cost, Local Elections, Retirement
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Why not expand Medi-Cal in California?
California's Democratic-controlled Legislature has been an enthusiastic supporter of the 2010 federal healthcare reform law, but it has yet to take advantage of one of the most important provisions: the opportunity to offer Medi-Cal, the state's version...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance Cost, Productivity, Poverty
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Anthem's mail-order policy may have crossed a legal line
Anthem Blue Cross may be breaking California law by requiring some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy, according to the state attorney general's office. Anthem, the state's largest for-profit health insurer,...
Tags: Humana Incorporated, Heart Disease, Behavioral Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, Kamala D. Harris
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Amid serious flu season, should nurses be required to get shots?
L.A. NOWPublic health officials warned that the flu virus wreaking havoc elsewhere in the nation has finally arrived in California, causing widespread hospitalizations across the state.... -
New study helps build the case for expanding Medi-Cal
After pushing to cut Medi-Cal spending in each of his first two years in office, Gov. Jerry Brown now has to decide whether to seek to expand it by billions of dollars -- largely, but not entirely, on Washington's dime. A new report from researchers at...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Science and Technology, Productivity, Poverty, Health Insurance
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