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Bel Air marks Fire Prevention Month
The Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company will celebrate Fire Prevention Month with an open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today at the main station at 109 S. Hickory Ave., and the Forest Hill substation at 27 E. Jarrettsville Road. The main station will offer...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Fires, Emergency Planning
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Independent review of medevac protocols
The Baltimore Sun's editorial "A smart review" (Oct. 8) threw up a red flag concerning the planned reassessment of protocols for medevac flights. In June 2004, the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems invited the National Highway...Tags: Medicine, Medical Specialization, Dick Johnson, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Emergency Planning
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Program sheds softer light on emergency room
Special to The Baltimore SunKim Cass knows better than most how traumatic a trip to the emergency room can be for a child. For about 12 years, Cass, a pediatrician, has seen a lot of children more upset about their visit to the emergency room than their illness. "With the bright...Tags: Pediatrics, Animals, Hospitals and Clinics, Medicine, Medical Staff
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Market cannot cure what ails health care
As a practicing physician for almost 40 years, I read with sheer incredulity the column "Cut health costs through market innovation" (Commentary, Oct. 7). The column advocates "using innovation to make health care cheaper and more accessible." But the...Tags: Government Health Care, Invention and Innovation, Medicare
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Health care reform remains in limbo
Of The Associated PressWhen Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Nearly two years later, access to...Tags: Parliament, Upper House, Insurance, Government Health Care, Government
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Quirky yet pragmatic, Moore left imprint of success in Lake, Sumter
Sentinel ColumnistThe turbulent 1960s had just given way to the discontent of the 1970s when sophomore Jimmy Conner was sitting in a second-story classroom at Tavares High School overlooking New Hampshire Avenue. Seconds before last period ended every day, Conner, who...Tags: Death and Dying, Leesburg, Tavares, Florida Hospital, Emergency Planning
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Rivals short on specifics for entitlement reform
Social Security and Medicare long have been considered the nation's fiscal time bombs, and the ticking is getting louder. But presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have no comprehensive plans to overhaul the systems and are campaigning...Tags: Government Health Care, Credit and Debt, Private Health Care, Medicare, Wages and Pensions
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The financial crisis and health care
The financial markets are gyrating. The world economy is teetering. The U.S. government is making a $700 billion or more bailout to avert a worldwide disaster. No surprise, health care has become a side show. Or has it? Not only does this upheaval...Tags: Fannie Mae, Barack Obama, Medicine, Freddie Mac, John McCain
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What's at stake in the Nov. 4 election
It's getting late in the election season, and many voters have sorted themselves into one camp or the other. But the fence-sitters may end up tilting the outcome, with great consequence for the nation and the world. So how to choose? Here are the...Tags: Referenda, State Budgets, Barack Obama, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Government
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Illinoisans grapple with array of issues
Associated Press WriterAn Air Force officer hopes universal health care never takes flight, equating it with socialism. A grape grower worries about the squeeze from the flagging U.S. economy. A 21-year-old student doesn't have a pet issue, cynically wondering if any of it...Tags: Armed Forces, Government, National Government, Al Gore, Wars and Interventions
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Report: Ind. workers losing job-provided coverage
Associated Press WriterA new report provides grist for a health policy political debate Monday: Indiana fares better than most states when it comes to employer-provided health insurance, but the percentage of Hoosiers who are covered is dropping. Health plans through work...Tags: Insurance, Poverty, Indiana Hoosiers, Government, Healthcare Provider
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3 charged with health care fraud
Federal prosecutors announced health care fraud charges Thursday against a Miami Beach chiropractor and two Broward County residents accused of defrauding insurance firms out of $3 million in payments for unnecessary medical services. Jacqueline...Tags: Fraud, Oakland Park, Miami Beach, Corporate Crime, Fort Lauderdale
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