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Commentary: Government is reason for high tuition, not solution
This is in response to the Feb. 21 letter to the H.B. Independent ("Affordability is essential to higher education") in which two well-meaning Cal State Long Beach students suggest President Barack Obama intervene to lower college costs. In the...Tags: Barack Obama, California State University, Long Beach, Government, Students, Solyndra LLC
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Health center opens renovated facilities
Monday morning, Gloria Guerin spotted a middle-aged man standing outside the AltaMed Huntington Beach Community Health Center. He didn't appear poor or homeless, but she noticed him looking bemusedly at the clinic's sign.
When Guerin approached him, he...Tags: Health, Medical Services, White House, Social Issues, Health Insurance
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Clinic digs in heels for health reform
Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series about the effects of the Obama administration's health-care reform on Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley health-care providers and their patients.
When Sonia Munguia knocked on the door of the...Tags: Barack Obama, Fountain Valley (Orange, California), Breast, Mammogram, Cure (music group), The
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Health officials: Reform is 'big step'
Editor's note: This is the second in a three-part series about the effects of the Obama administration's health-care reform on Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley health-care providers and their patients. Dr. Peter Anderson sometimes goes for days in...Tags: Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Chiropractors, Emergency Planning, Health and Medical Professionals
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Government, Nikki Haley, Crime, Law and Justice
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Editorial: Hospital sticker shock
Most people entering the hospital can't get a straight answer to an obvious question: How much will this procedure or treatment cost? Nor can people easily compare prices among hospitals in their area. Now that is changing. The federal Centers for...Tags: Pneumonia, Health Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Asthma, Government Health Care
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How to avoid a return to the hospital
The only thing less pleasant than a stay in the hospital is having to go right back there to deal with complications. And experts say it happens all too often. One in 8 elderly patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of being discharged...
Tags: Diabetes, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Procedures and Tests, Heart Failure
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Investigation into $3M Medicaid fraud scheme expands to employees
The state investigation into a $3 million Medicaid fraud scheme surrounding an Orlando woman and her mental-health service business has led to the arrests of several of her employees, who are accused of double-billing and taking kickbacks. Janie...
Tags: Winter Park, Police Arrests, Health Insurance, Trials, Homes
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State to Recover $376K in Medicaid Case
Channel 2 NewsThe state of Alaska is expected to share in a $500-million settlement over state and federal allegations that an India-based pharmaceutical manufacturer distributed adulterated drugs. The Department of Law says the drugs resulted in false or...Tags: Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again
WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...Tags: Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, John Boehner, Justice System, Elections
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The Front Burner: Costly expansion wouldn't improve Floridians' health
The state Legislature's decision this year to reject Medicaid expansion was the correct decision for Florida. There is little evidence that growing the health-care program for the poor would improve the health of state residents. A recent study in the...Tags: Finance, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Health Insurance, Washington, DC, High Blood Pressure
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Senate approves Obama choice to head Medicare
WASHINGTON – In an unusual break in the partisan warring over healthcare, the Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Obama's choice to oversee the mammoth Medicare and Medicaid health programs. Marilyn Tavenner, a former hospital executive and...
Tags: Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Elections, Politics, Eric Cantor
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