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Saturday, May 7, 2011

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Florida reforms health care for the poor to save money
Reuters
By Michael Peltier TALLAHASSEE, Fla (Reuters) - Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping Medicaid reform package that places most recipients into managed care in a closely watched debate over how to curb costs and provide health benefits to the poor. ...
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SJC ruling a boost to immigrant health care
Boston Globe
Samuel Goncalves, 23, has a rare form of lung cancer, and was placed on a stripped-down health plan by the state in 2009. Copayments for treatment were much higher under that plan. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe) By Kay Lazar The Massachusetts ...
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Boston Globe
LePage defends health care proposal
Bangor Daily News
Paul LePage says the House did the right thing when it passed a health care overhaul bill. In his weekend radio address, LePage says the bill the House approved Thursday will increase competition in Maine's health insurance market by allowing ...
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WellCare 1Q earnings soar on Medicaid Part D gains
BusinessWeek
WellCare Health Plans Inc. said Friday its first-quarter earnings more than tripled as the government health insurance provider saw a big membership gain in Medicare prescription drug plans compared to last year, when enrollment fell mainly due to ...
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GOLF - Hall of Famer Ballesteros' health worsens
San Francisco Chronicle
AP Hall of Fame golfer Seve Ballesteros has deteriorated in his battle against brain cancer, news that brought some players to tears as they considered his massive impact on golf in Europe and around the world. Ballesteros, 54, was resting at home in ...
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Vt. seeks insurance for most residents
Boston Globe
Called Green Mountain Care, the program would operate in its first few years much like other state health care exchanges established under the federal Affordable Care Act and must begin enrolling individuals and small business in 2014. ...
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NM to train health professionals to help elderly
NECN
ALBUQUERQUE, NM (AP) — Doctors and other health professionals would help spot — and report — financial fraud against the elderly under a new training program set up by the state of New Mexico. The idea is that medical professionals are in a unique ...
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Architect of Carter's health care reforms dies
BusinessWeek
A health care policy expert who helped develop President Jimmy Carter's doomed national health plan and was one of the architects of Massachusetts' landmark health care law has died. Dr. James Mongan was 69. The San Francisco native was Carter's deputy ...
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Pawlenty's Health-Care Claims During Debate Get Mixed Ratings
Kaiser Health News
Tim Pawlenty reminded viewers that President Barack Obama was against a requirement that everyone buy health insurance before he was for it. Just a few years ago, Obama "promised the nation he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, ...
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Health Q&A on ticks
Appleton Post Crescent
A: Ticks are relatives to spiders, another arachnid. They usually live in wooded areas and tall grasses. Wisconsin has black-legged ticks known as deer ticks and two types of dog ticks (one of which is the wood tick). The deer tick is responsible for ...
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