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    May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Part-timers' hours cut as employers react to healthcare law [Live chat]

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    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: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Business

    2. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. WellPoint's first-quarter profit rises 3% as enrollment grows

    Insurance giant WellPoint Inc. reported a 3% increase in first-quarter profit and raised its full-year outlook as the company prepares for major changes under the federal healthcare overhaul.
    Insurance giant WellPoint Inc. reported a 3% increase in first-quarter profit and raised its full-year outlook as the company prepares for major changes under the federal healthcare overhaul. WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California and...

    Tags: Insurance, Citigroup Incorporated, Earnings Forecasts, Companies and Corporations, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers

    3. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Obamacare and the plight of part-time employees

    A flurry of news reports, including <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-part-time-healthcare-20130502,0,3228617.story">one</a> Thursday by my colleague Chad Terhune, has documented an unintended consequence of Obamacare: the decision by some employers to keep fewer full-time workers on the payroll or reduce the hours of near full-time workers to avoid having to provide health insurance.&nbsp;
    A flurry of news reports, including one Thursday by my colleague Chad Terhune, has documented an unintended consequence of Obamacare: the decision by some employers to keep fewer full-time workers on the payroll or reduce the hours of near full-time...

    Tags: Lawyers, Employment, U.S. Congress, Health Care Reform (2009), Justice System

    4. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Employer health premiums rose 170% in California in last decade

    Premiums for employer health insurance in California jumped 170% over the last decade, more than five times the 32% increase in the state's inflation rate.
    Premiums for employer health insurance in California jumped 170% over the last decade, more than five times the 32% increase in the state's inflation rate. That escalation in premiums has taken a toll on employers' willingness to offer health benefits,...

    Tags: Employment Opportunities, Employment, Health and Safety at Work, Healthcare Laws, Employees

    5. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Poor women who delay breast cancer treatment less likely to survive

    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A <a href="http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1681805">new study</a> of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment &ndash; and finds that Latinas, African Americans and poor women were most likely to put their recovery at risk by waiting six weeks or more to have surgery or begin chemotherapy.
    It stands to reason that the longer a woman waits to start breast cancer treatment, the worse her prognosis. A new study of California women puts some hard numbers on the cost of delaying treatment – and finds that Latinas, African Americans and...

    Tags: Research, Breast Cancer, University of California, Irvine, Medical Research, University of Utah

    6. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Boston bombing amputees face tough, costly recovery

    BOSTON &mdash; Tammy Duckworth still remembers the anger she felt when well-wishers offered encouragement after she lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down over Iraq in 2004.
    BOSTON — Tammy Duckworth still remembers the anger she felt when well-wishers offered encouragement after she lost both legs when her helicopter was shot down over Iraq in 2004. "I thought, how the heck is my life ever going to get back to normal?...

    Tags: Afghanistan, Tammy Duckworth, Insurance, Veterans Affairs, Iraq

    7. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. CalPERS picks four new HMO plans for 5-year contracts

    The California Public Employees' Retirement System picked four new HMO plans for five-year health insurance contracts starting next year, a blow to incumbent carrier Blue Shield of California. The giant pension fund voted Wednesday to split up Blue...

    Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Government, Health Net Inc., Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace

    8. May 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Medicaid has mixed record on improving health for poor, study says

    <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &mdash; As state leaders debate whether to expand their Medicaid programs next year under President Obama&rsquo;s healthcare law, new research suggests the government insurance plan for the poor has only a mixed record of improving health.
    WASHINGTON — As state leaders debate whether to expand their Medicaid programs next year under President Obama’s healthcare law, new research suggests the government insurance plan for the poor has only a mixed record of improving health....

    Tags: Mental Health, Diabetes, John McCain, Lotteries, George W. Bush

    9. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Prosthetic device makers reach out to aid Boston Marathon victims

    A group of companies that design, manufacture and service orthotic and prosthetic devices has banded together to aid uninsured and under-insured victims of the Boston Marathon bombing who have had limbs amputated and may need years of costly care.
    A group of companies that design, manufacture and service orthotic and prosthetic devices has banded together to aid uninsured and under-insured victims of the Boston Marathon bombing who have had limbs amputated and may need years of costly care. The...

    Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports, Health Insurance Cost

    10. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Did the system fail a soldier?

    SHERMAN, Texas &mdash; Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie &mdash; "the little ones," he called them in his emails.
    SHERMAN, Texas — Sgt. John Russell designed his new house here so there would be room for everyone: for him and his wife, Mandy, his wife's parents and his own. There was a doggie door for Louie and Queenie — "the little ones," he called...

    Tags: Prosecution, Psychiatrists, Murder, Iraq, Health

    11. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Immigration proposal could affect California health safety net

    Making immigrants ineligible for public health benefits -- at least initially -- under <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-senate-immigration-20130416,0,3690780.story" target="_blank">proposed </a>immigration law changes would push the costs of healthcare from the federal government to states and counties, said Sonal Ambegaokar, a health policy attorney at the National Immigration Law Center.
    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: Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Migration, Government, Labor Legislation

    12. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The fights Obama picks over Medicare

    The <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview">budget</a> that President Obama released Wednesday doesn't include the sort of headline-grabbing initiatives that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) included in his proposal for fiscal 2014, such as a dramatic overhaul of the tax code and a transformation of Medicaid into block grants. But it offers a few ideas on Medicare that, while not as cage-rattling as Ryan's plan, would still bring important changes to the program. Make that, important but unpopular changes.
    The budget that President Obama released Wednesday doesn't include the sort of headline-grabbing initiatives that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) included in his proposal for fiscal 2014, such as a dramatic overhaul of the tax code...

    Tags: Medicaid, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Barack Obama, Prescription Drugs, Budgets and Budgeting

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