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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: White House, Politics, Social Issues, Health Insurance, Health
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City lights: Putting a face to the problem
For the last eight years, Shirley Dettloff has gone in for regular appointments at a clinic whose patients appear far removed from her own walk of life. She drives her own car to the waiting room at 8041 Newman Ave., while many of the other clients...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Renovation, Health, Internists, Los Angeles
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Community Commentary: State can't afford this kind of care
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a decision to make. Should he allow California to rush out and prematurely create a massive, billion-dollar, state-run healthcare bureaucracy to implement ObamaCare – the national health insurance program passed by...Tags: Fountain Valley (Orange, California), Huntington Beach, Politics, Social Issues, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Mailbag: Health care reform will reduce costs
Your recent article about forthcoming health-care insurance reform ("Clinic digs in heels for health reform," July 15) pointed out one area of reform not specifically discussed in the article: cost reduction. Under the new reform, over time, medical...Tags: Politics, Breast Cancer, Medical Procedures and Tests, Mammogram, Health and Medical Professionals
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Right-wing pols rebuke 'Obamacare'
Editor's note: Last 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. It was a small gathering on a quiet day in one of Orange...Tags: Fountain Valley (Orange, California), Huntington Beach, Politics, Barack Obama, Costa Mesa
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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: Cure (music group), The, Obstetrics, Mammogram, Health Insurance, Los Angeles
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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: Disasters and Accidents, Surgery, Companies and Corporations, Sports, Health and Medical Professionals
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Herbal Supplements, Bodies of Water, Coughing, Malaria
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Postal Service Seeks 50-cent Stamps
WASHINGTON, DC -- A nickel boost in the first-class stamp price to 50 cents is part of the U.S. Postal Service's latest plan to stop bleeding red ink.
The Postal Service released the 5-year business plan to Congress late Thursday in part to push Congress...Tags: Retirement, Mail Order Industry, KTLA, Unemployment, Government Postal Delivery
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Hospital talks partly driven by health overhaul
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — The growing ranks of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid are among the factors driving talks between two independent northern Indiana hospitals to operate jointly. Elkhart General Hospital and South Bend Memorial Hospital...Tags: Social Issues, Health Insurance, Health, Medicaid, Indiana
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Money delayed to local health organizations for HIV care
Federal dollars that localities use to fund care for those living with HIV have been cut off for months, leaving some who can't afford their own care without services. Millions in unpaid funds are expected to begin flowing through city and state...Tags: Maryland, Diseases and Illnesses, Drugs and Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Health Organizations
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Coordinating care Medical Home Network will link hospitals, clinics and doctors serving Medicaid patients
In an unprecedented effort to improve medical care on the Southwest Side, the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, five private hospitals, and dozens of clinics and physician practices have agreed to cooperate in bolstering basic care for Medicaid...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Orange (Orange, California), Chicago, Heads of State, National Government
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