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GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...
Tags: American Cancer Society, The Washington Post, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress, Kathleen Sebelius
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Despite economic woes, 9th District a hot spot for contributions
L.A.'s 9th City Council District is among the poorest in the city, taking in a stretch of South Los Angeles where the median household income is less than $30,000 per year. Yet despite persistent economic woes, the district has become a hot spot for...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Gloria Molina, Public Officials, Government, Career and Workplace
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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: Personal Income, Health Insurance Cost, Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation, Government Health Care
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HCC Awarded Grant by CareFirst
Harford Community College has received a $25,000 grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to support development of an electronic health records system that will bolster training of the institution's nearly 2,200 Nursing and Allied Health students....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Nursing, Harford Community College, Howard Community College, Warren E Barry
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Neurosurgeon performs procedure on wrong side of woman's brain; hospital apologizes
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suburban St. Louis-based health care company has apologized while acknowledging that a neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of a patient's brain. SSM Health Care's apology on Tuesday followed a lawsuit filed Friday on...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Neurosurgery
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Aiming high in federal contracting
As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...
Tags: Government Contracts, Federal Aviation Administration, Small Businesses, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs
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Is the tougher workplace slowing down the economic recovery?
The workplace is changing as many companies, looking to increase productivity, ask employees for more while giving them less, according to a Los Angeles Times series. That’s difficult for individuals at work – but it might also have a profound...
Tags: Rentals, Colleges and Universities, Health Insurance Cost, Productivity, Politics
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CoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
jjacob@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital. The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. The cost of the expansion will be $130 million. ...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, General Practitioners, Financial Markets, Lobbying
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Rick Scott to voters: Never mind
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Republican Gov. Rick Scott was one of those tea party stars whom voters believed had the courage of his convictions when he promised, as recently as last summer, to block The Affordable Care Act in his state. But last week, writes the...Tags: Immigration, Ronald Reagan, Politics, Executive Branch, Rick Perry
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GQ: cc me on these answers, will you?
Change of SubjectUPDATED twice with responses from Gov. Pat Quinn's spokeswoman WBEZ-FM reporter Rob Wildeboer has questions for Gov. Pat Quinn: Governor, there are almost 50,000 inmates in Illinois prisons. It’s an historic high. Nonetheless, you’ve closed... -
Remove Medicare's straitjacket
Now that the budget "sequester" is in effect, Congress is shifting its attention to entitlement reform. There's simply no way to achieve long-term reductions in federal spending without touching the big health programs, particularly Medicare. Although...
Tags: Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Congress, Drugs and Medicines, New Products, Bevacizumab (drug)
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Columbia tech company Lotame Solutions gets $5.5 million loan
Columbia-based technology company Lotame Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $5.5 million venture loan that's expected to help boost sales and marketing. The loan came from Horizon Technology Finance Corp. The Farmington, Conn., finance company provides...
Tags: Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Economy, Business and Finance, Science and Technology, Finance
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