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Advocacy group says Florida exaggerating benefits of Medicaid Reform
Sentinel Staff WriterThe State of Florida is exaggerating the benefits, and downplaying the drawbacks, of its 2-year-old Medicaid Reform experiment, a statewide advocacy group charged this morning. The Florida Community Health Action Information Network, aka Florida CHAIN,...Tags: Medicaid, Government Health Care
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Health Care Advocates Bring Protest To State, Business Leaders
Courant Staff WriterJody Trestman spoke in a voice she hoped would carry to the offices of Gov. M. Jodi Rell. "We are standing here today because a person's health should no longer be trumped by a corporation's bottom line," said Trestman, whose February diagnosis of Crohn'...Tags: Labor Legislation, Government Health Care, Insurance, Connecticut Business and Industry Association, Executive Branch
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Medicare Part D a boon for drug companies, House report says
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterU.S. drug manufacturers are reaping a windfall from taxpayers because Medicare's privately administered prescription drug benefit program pays more than other government programs for the same medicines, a House committee charged in a report Thursday. The...Tags: State Budgets, Economic Policy, Pharmaceuticals, Privatization, George Bush
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OK awaited for senior housing in Bloomingdale
Chicago Tribune reporterState approval for a plan to finance an 86-unit assisted-living residence for senior citizens in Bloomingdale is being awaited by DuPage County officials. The residence would have 76 units reserved for seniors with incomes at 60 percent or less than the...Tags: Executive Branch, Government
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Court strikes down tighter Medicaid standards
Associated Press WriterA state policy laying out tighter criteria for Medicaid in-home care is invalid, a state appeals court ruled Thursday. The state Department of Health and Family Services, now known as the Department of Health Services, should have spelled out the policy...Tags: Government Health Care, Court Administration, Local Authority, Medicaid, Laws
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High cost of good intentions
Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced recently that he wants to give autistic children the most comprehensive health insurance coverage in the nation. If the legislature agrees to changes he wrote into a bill, state law will require companies that sell health...Tags: Illnesses, John Graham, Government Health Care, Insurance, Executive Branch
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Amerigroup settles Medicaid lawsuit
Amerigroup Corp., a manager of government health plans, agreed to pay $225 million to the United States and Illinois to settle a lawsuit alleging the company wrongfully denied coverage to pregnant women eligible for Medicaid. The company also will pay...Tags: Medicaid, Amerigroup Corp., Government Health Care, Healthcare Policies
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Mental care far off for prisoner
Sun ReporterThe woman convicted of manslaughter in the methadone poisoning death of her toddler was supposed to be sentenced yesterday as part of a plea deal sending her to a mental health facility rather than a prison. But Vernice Harris is no closer to being placed...Tags: Witnesses, Illnesses, Trials, Punishment, Lawyers
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Get hooked on fishing
Drew Pack, 9, of Smithfield, pulls up a catch Tuesday morning at the James River Fishing Pier in Newport News during the Eighth annual Kiwanis Junior Fishing Clinic, sponsored by Kiwanis Division 21. About 250 children participated in the clinic and...Tags: Smithfield, Medicare, Private Health Care, Health Treatments, Government Health Care
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Campaign aims to get kids, adults health insurance
An annual back-to-school campaign aimed at enrolling children in low-cost government insurance added a new goal this year: getting their parents and other adults signed up, too. Indiana Health Commissioner Judy Monroe, state schools superintendent...Tags: Illnesses, Government Health Care, Elections, Adults, Political Candidates
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