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The state of healthcare
The United States spent $2.1 trillion on healthcare in 2006, according to national health expenditure data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. That number is expected to hit $4.3 trillion by the end of 2017 -- 19.5% of the gross...Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Economy, Health Insurance, John McCain
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Chinese tighten dairy rules amid growing reports of teens with kidney stones from tainted milk
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ China's State Council tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry Friday, as authorities in Macau and Hong Kong reported several children had kidney stones blamed on Chinese tainted milk. Contaminated milk powder, laced...Tags: Product Recalls, Food Safety, Food Industry, Beverage Industry, Business Enterprises
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AP answers your questions on the news, from Somali pirates to rules about presidents-elect
They come from a failed state whose people are desperately poor. So how have Somali pirates managed to take control of large commercial ships and hold them for days, even weeks? A reader's curiosity about the pirates' tactics inspired one of three...Tags: U.S. Elections, Food Safety, Government, National Government, Herb Smith
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And the criticism
Health policy advisors to Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain summed up the candidates' criticism of their opponents' plans in an Oct. 1 debate. Said Dr. Irwin Redlener, advisor to Obama: "The healthcare system is wacky and out of control. It can't run...Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Economy, Health Insurance, John McCain
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The analyses
The Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit organization that supports independent research on healthcare, finds fundamental differences between the two plans. The organization has summarized the candidates' positions in 22 areas, including prescription drugs,...Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Economy, Health Insurance, John McCain
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John McCain, Barack Obama on healthcare
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJohn McCain and Barack Obama's health reform plans are different both in their approaches to solving problems and their potential effects on voters. But to choose wisely, you have to do some homework. To help, we offer a guide to online resources that...Tags: Medicare, Government Health Care, Economy, Health Insurance, John McCain
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Produce and floral companies to meet in Orlando later this month
Sentinel Staff WriterSoutheast-based produce and floral companies are coming to Orlando this month to meet colleagues from throughout the country. The Produce Marketing Association's 2008 gathering is Oct. 24-27 at the Orange County Convention Center. Fresh Summit...Tags: General Electric Company, Jack Welch, Food Safety, Diseases, Harley-Davidson Incorporated
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Bonus Heloise Hints: Troubles Under The Arm
Dear Heloise: I have a problem. My husband has used various antiperspirants/deodorants. We can't find one that doesn't leave waxy residue at the armpit that won't come out when laundered, no matter what I do to coax it along. I have rubbed detergent...Tags: Food Safety, Health Organizations, Metal and Mineral, Consumer Electronics Industry, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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10,000 Chinese children still sick from milk
Associated Press WriterMore than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after being sickened in China's tainted milk scandal, eight of whom were in serious condition, officials said. The Health Ministry said in a statement on its Web site Wednesday that 10,666 children were...Tags: Food Safety, Health Organizations, Food Industry
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Report: Obama health care plan would reduce uninsured by 26.6 million, McCain's by 21 million
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ John McCain's health plan would reduce the ranks of the uninsured by about 21.1 million people if fully put in place by 2010, while Barack Obama's would reduce the number by 26.6 million, an analysis predicts. Some previous reviews of...Tags: Medical Specialization, Employees, Government Health Care, State Budgets, Insurance
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VSN players connect with hospital patients
kimberley.martin@newsday.comBrian Ferraiolo easily could have been one of them. Confined to a wheelchair, unable to move his extremities. Or perhaps, worse. He had been just 8 years old when the work van carrying him, his father and younger sister was struck by a car that ran a...Tags: Vehicles, Hospitals and Clinics
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China's small dairy farmers caught in milk scandal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore dawn each day, Gao Penghong and his wife join scores of other farmers in this dairy-rich village who must walk their cows to a local milk collection station because of new safety requirements. A byproduct of China's deadly tainted-milk scandal,...Tags: Product Recalls, Food Safety, Health Organizations, Book, Food Industry
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