Dec 14, 2012
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A federal appeals court decided unanimously that California may cut reimbursements to doctors, pharmacies and others who serve the poor under Medi-Cal, a move that could help the state close its budget gap. Times Sacramento reporter Chris Megerian will...
Jan 9, 2013
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Well, no one ever convincingly argued that a diet of fast food is good for your health.
And now it could be unhealthy for some of the people who work there – without them having to eat so much as a bite of their products.
In anticipation of...
Dec 18, 2012
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Forget the 47%. A new study finds that 71% of Americans live in a household in which at least one member has benefited from one of the federal government’s major entitlement programs.
The new data, based on a survey by the Pew Research center,...
Dec 13, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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Rita Corwin, 90, conscientiously paid her premiums for long-term care insurance for 21 years to make sure that if she needed help as she grew older and more fragile, she'd get it.
Yet now that she finds herself in a position to require such assistance,...
Dec 13, 2012
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Re "The beloved budget buster," Editorial, Dec. 9
Your editorial on Medicare correctly identified novel procedures as one of the drivers of rising medical costs. It prescribed better comparisons of the cost-effectiveness of treatments as an essential...
Dec 12, 2012
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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...
Dec 11, 2012
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Budget discussions in Washington these days always seem to deteriorate into arguments over what government is supposed to do for its citizens, and what should be left aside. Is the reach of government strictly defined in the Constitution? Or tradition?...
Dec 30, 2012
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This was the year of the healthcare mandate. No other consumer story of 2012 comes close.
In a split decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. casting the deciding vote, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the cornerstone of President Obama's...
Dec 5, 2012
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WASHINGTON – American voters may be concerned about government spending, but they don’t want federal budget negotiators to cut payments to hospitals, a new poll indicates.
Nearly seven in 10 registered voters said they oppose reductions in...
Dec 5, 2012
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Re "Dislodging Obamacare," Opinion, Nov. 30
Michael F. Cannon presents an argument brimming with numbers outlining the costs to states and individuals of various aspects of Obamacare. Absent from his essay are the costs of not implementing it.
He...
Dec 5, 2012
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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Are we about to go over a fiscal cliff? It's looking more likely, but it may not be as alarming as it sounds.
Here are three things you need to know about the impending crisis over the so-called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax increases and...
Dec 5, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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In February 2003, 450 economists, including 10 of the 24 living Nobel laureates in economics, made a public plea to President George W. Bush not to enact the recent tax cuts passed by Congress. These tax cuts, officially called the Jobs and Growth Tax...
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