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BRIEF: Core Health provides $199 million in charitable benefits
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.Cone Health said Thursday that the health care system and its employees provided nearly $199 million in charitable benefits to the communities it served in fiscal year 2012. The system said almost $185 million included charity care, bad debt and the... -
San Benito schools expect insurance plan savings
Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, TexasSchool district employees will pay less than half the cost for insurance next year under a new managed-care plan, a consultant said Thursday. School board members on Tuesday set the cost of monthly premiums at $25 for coverage under the new district-...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prescription Drugs, Health and Safety at Work, Health and Safety at School, Diabetes
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For those who serve
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, a recent visit to Afghanistan and Bahrain confirmed my deep appreciation for service members and citizens who willingly put themselves in harm's way for the sake of our nation. Over the course of an...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, Jackie Walorski
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Heath care payment system lambasted
The Leader-TelegramIn describing how America's health care payment system works, the words "perverse" and "unsustainable" came up Friday morning in a panel of Chippewa Valley health care leaders. The U.S. already spends $1 out of every $6 in its economy on health care,...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicaid, Health Insurance
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Watsonville police, firefighter layoffs proposed
The Santa Cruz SentinelWatsonville's city manager is proposing to lay off police officers and firefighters if unions won't agree to concessions. But even if workers and management can come to an agreement, public safety and social services would be reduced $700,000 next...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Health and Safety at Work, Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment
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BCBS influence waning with NC lawmakers
The News & ObserverBlue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is used to having considerable clout in the legislature. Although the state's largest health insurer hasn't always gotten its way, for years it has negotiated behind the scenes to mold bills more to the...Tags: Lobbying, Chemotherapy, Raleigh, Behavioral Conditions, Tony Rand
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BRIEF: Ivy Academy recognized with Green Ribbon Award
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Soddy-Daisy's Ivy Academy was one of 64 schools in the nation and among two Tennessee schools to win a Green Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education this year. The award honors schools for reducing their environmental impacts and...Tags: Charter Schools, Schools, U.S. Department of Education
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New co-op health insurer chooses Memphis-based Baptist hospital system
Commercial AppealA nonprofit health care insurer in Tennessee created under the federal Affordable Care Act to compete with other insurers selected Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care to provide medical services as the hospital system for services in West...Tags: General Practitioners, Humana Incorporated, Cigna Corporation, Small Businesses, Human Interest
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In a year, Hennepin Health improves care for poor, keeps costs down
Star TribuneLike many of Hennepin County's poorest residents, Alfred McClary suffers from multiple chronic health problems that require lots of attention to manage. "I've got so many medications here," the 60-year-old Minneapolis resident said recently. He takes as...Tags: Psychiatrists, Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, Diabetes, Mental Health
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Minnesota House approves $11.3 billion health and human services bill
St. Paul Pioneer PressThe House voted Friday night, May 17, to pass a health and human services bill that accounts for nearly one-third of the state's general fund -- a big step in getting budget work done prior to adjournment of the Legislature on Monday night. The...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Employment, Medical Specialization, Finance, Republican Party
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Hospitals worry over possible funding gap
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.Kimberly Crews and her fellow employees at High Point Regional UNC Health Care will enter uncharted financial waters with the impending shift of Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals here and across the state and nation. Crews, the chief financial...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Health Care Reform (2009), Finance, Raleigh, Barack Obama
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Senior advocate: Don't balance federal budget on backs of elderly
La Crosse Tribune, Wis.The federal budget shouldn't undermine Social Security in the quest to control the deficit, says the executive director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Retired Americans. "Social Security should be a separate discussion from the federal budget to make...Tags: Public Finance, Retirement, Economy, Business and Finance, Scott Walker, U.S. Congress
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