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St. John's picks Providence Health & Services in bidding war
After months of controversy, the owner of St. John's Health Center said it plans to sell the landmark Santa Monica hospital to Catholic chain Providence Health & Services. The hospital has been at the center of an intense competition that featured...
Tags: Health, Healthcare Provider, St. John's Health Center, Hospitals and Clinics, Roman Catholicism
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Obama administration moves to get more enrolled in health insurance
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would provide millions of dollars to community health centers to help them enroll Americans in health insurance programs next year under the president’s health law. The move comes...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sebelius
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Obama uses 2012 campaign tactics to sell healthcare law
WASHINGTON — Seeking to ensure his landmark healthcare law is successfully implemented, President Obama is reprising his 2012 election strategy in hopes of enrolling millions of uninsured Americans in health plans this fall. The new campaign,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Justice System, CVS Corp., Judges
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Hospital prices diverge wildly, U.S. data show
New Medicare data reveal wildly varying charges among the nation's hospitals for 100 of the most common in-patient treatments and procedures, calling into question medical billing practices just as U.S. officials try to rein in rising costs. The...
Tags: Consumers, Healthcare Policies, Medical Procedures and Tests, Medicare, Hospitals and Clinics
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For Wal-Mart, should healthcare be a cost of doing business?
Big employers beware -- some California lawmakers want to pressure you to extend health insurance to virtually everyone who lands on your payroll, even part-timers who work less than two hours a day. That's one of the effects that a bill by...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Employees, Health Insurance Cost
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Drug spending falls for first time in 6 decades
An explosion of cheap generic substitutes for widely used prescription drugs last year helped drive the first decline in pharmaceutical spending in the U.S. in nearly six decades. Drug makers often lament what they call the patent cliff, which is when...
Tags: Consumers, Plavix (drug), Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Research
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Many opt for high-deductible health plans despite risks
Alice Marie Francis believes it's important to have health insurance, but finding a plan that fit her budget was no easy task. "Money is tight," says the 50-year-old Burbank mother of two, whose children are insured by their father's work-based policy....
Tags: Healthcare Provider, Prescription Drugs, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance Cost
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A public health compromise for California
The Legislature is poised to offer health insurance to millions of additional low-income Californians, with the federal government covering much of the cost. The expansion would be a boon to counties, which collectively spend billions of dollars caring...
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L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Jeff Sessions, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Healthcare Policies
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Part-timers' hours cut as employers react to healthcare law [Live chat]
Hundreds of thousands of part-timers are facing smaller paychecks as employers cut worker hours to avoid paying for their benefits under the federal healthcare law. This move by a growing number of retailers, restaurants and even local governments and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Employees, Healthcare Laws
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Obamacare fuels turf war
SACRAMENTO — Obamacare is supplying fresh ammunition for one of the oldest turf wars in Sacramento. It pits doctors — represented by the politically powerful California Medical Assn. — defending their turf against other medical...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Edward P. Hernandez, Regional Authority, Jerry Brown, Illegal Immigrants
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Gov. Brown donors rally against his healthcare cuts
SACRAMENTO -- In the healthcare world, there’s not a whole lot that insurers, doctors and union workers all agree on. But a new coalition of powerful Capitol players from all three groups is hoping to reverse recent budget cuts, pushed by Gov. Jerry...
Tags: Regional Authority, Politics, Insurance, Jerry Brown, Government
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