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A healthcare subsidy for early retirees
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe new health reform law will be phased in in pieces over the next four years, but one benefit — for a specific group of consumers —starts June 1. Called the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, it's a $5-billion federal subsidy to employers to...Tags: Retirement, Health Insurance, Career and Workplace, Employees, Hewitt Associates
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Practical Matters: How to select a health savings account
Pay for most prescription drugs, physician visits and medical equipment out of one's own pocket but have enormous medical expenses — say after an accident or surgery — covered by an insurance company. To many Americans, that seems like a...Tags: Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, Insurance, Companies and Corporations, Government
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The doctor's in-box
The doctor-patient relationship is moving online. With 68% of American adults now using the Internet to search for healthcare information, it's no surprise that many also want digital access to their doctor. Whether they have that option will depend...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Insurance, Symptoms, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Scene and Heard: Michael Kohn Gallery party
Special to the Los Angeles TimesJust before leaving the 25th anniversary dinner at Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles, Ellen DeGeneres took a turn on the vibraphone with the Lynne Gordon Quartet. "This is harder than it looks," she said, tossing back the mallets. DeGeneres, Portia...Tags: Minute to Win It (tv program), Russell Brand, Chelsea Handler, Guy Fieri, Peter Krause
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California a cornucopia of natural beauty products
Special to the Los Angeles TimesAs families sit down at the table Thursday to give thanks for a bountiful feast, we can also give thanks for the bounty of California, where the harvest is diverse and year-round. And — more thanks — many of California's abundant crops and...Tags: Science and Technology, Ceremonies, University of California, Los Angeles, Skin, Physical Conditions
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Looking for youth in a jar
Los Angeles TimesSharyn Belkin Locke knows better -- she does -- but she's admittedly attached to her anti- aging products. "If I run out when I travel, it's a problem," says the 44-year-old art director who co-founded the handbag collection Kelly Locke. "I don't like to...Tags: Botox (drug), Skin, Physical Conditions, Estee Lauder Cos., Internists
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Keys to Grand Junction's low-cost and high-quality healthcare
• Providers collaborate to emphasize preventive care for all and the reduction of complications in cases of major chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease.
• A non-profit hospice emphasizes comfort for the dying over futile...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Insurance, Obesity, Illnesses, Science and Technology
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Uninsured find their own clinic next door to emergency room
Grand Junction is heaven for patients with no health insurance, compared to most places in America, at least according to Michael Ervin.
Patients in this Western Slope city pay as little as $7 for a visit to the doctor. They enjoy the benefits of...Tags: Mental Health, Health Insurance, Electronics, Insurance, Illnesses
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Grand Junction healthcare is a model of low cost and high quality
GRAND JUNCTION - This Western Colorado city of just over 53,000 delivers some of the best healthcare in the nation, at the lowest cost. And nearly everyone has health coverage.
Getting results like this across the nation could solve much of the nation'...Tags: Poverty, Insurance, Science and Technology, Government, Sports
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Replicating the healthcare model of Grand Junction
Can other communities copy the Grand Junction model of low-cost, high-quality, near-universal healthcare?
Some doctors in this Colorado city of just over 53,000 say yes, others no. But clearly, some parts could be replicated elsewhere.
The House of...Tags: Journalism, Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Insurance, Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Haiti: Resources and how to help
From Staff and Wire reports.indentMe { padding-left:20px; } In the wake of the utter devastation inflicted by the earthquake in Haiti, the efforts and contributions of people everywhere are crucial. If you're looking for ways to help, try these organizations: The U.S. State...Tags: Port-au-Prince (Haiti), CNN (tv network), International Organizations, Portland (Multnomah, Oregon), Haiti Earthquake (2010)
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Group recommends less-frequent Pap tests
Only days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization -- the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- has done the same for a screening credited with drastically...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Health Organizations, Breast Cancer, Gynecology, Obstetrics
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