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Florida prepares for massive insurance signup
WASHINGTON – Facing the next big health-care challenge in Florida, Uncle Sam plans to enlist hundreds of consumer "navigators" over the next several months to help enroll up to 3.5 million uninsured state residents by January, when everyone is...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Medicaid, Seminole County, Orange County (Florida), Florida Legislature
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US senator says Sebelius should stop healthcare fundraising
Reuters* House Republicans seek identity of companies contacted * Senate Republican calls on Sebelius to cease fund-raising By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - An Obama administration effort to raise private donations to help implement President...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Lamar Alexander, Humana Incorporated, Barack Obama
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Monday last day for morning-after pill appeal
Tulsa WorldThe government is running out of time to try to halt implementation of a federal judge's ruling that would lift age restrictions for women and girls wanting to buy the morning-after pill. U.S. District Judge Edward Korman in Brooklyn last week refused...Tags: Health Treatments, Justice System, Birth Control, Manhattan (New York City), Trials
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Obama's health secretary seeks donations from companies for healthcare law
Reuters* Sebelius has been asking companies for help since March * Administration says solicitations authorized by law * Republican senator says he will look for violations By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), The Washington Post, Healthcare Laws, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Judge again rejects limits on emergency contraception
In yet another scathing critique of government health officials, a federal judge refused Friday to stay his order making emergency contraceptives available to consumers of all ages without a prescription. Calling government efforts to restrict the...
Tags: National Government, Birth Control, Trials, Judges, Food and Drug Administration
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Judge blasts government's Plan B contraceptive filing
In yet another scathing critique of government health officials, a federal judge refused Friday to stay his order making Plan B emergency contraceptives available to all consumers without a prescription. Ruling that government efforts to restrict the...
Tags: National Government, Birth Control, Trials, Judges, Health Treatments
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OPINION: Hospital price info alone won't help consumers make informed health care decisions
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewVarious media made much to-do this week about the fact that hospitals charge different prices for the same procedures. Go to one hospital for a certain medical procedure and they'll charge Medicare thousands of dollars more -- or less -- than another...Tags: Pittsburgh, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Apple iPhone, Pneumonia
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Illinois hospital prices vary widely, Medicare data show
Tribune staff reportHospitals in Illinois charged vastly different amounts of money for the same procedure -- with some charging seven or eight times more than another -- according to data released by the government Wednesday. The discrepancies are detailed in a report from...Tags: Aurora, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Rush University Medical Center, Health Insurance
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Hospital charges vary widely across region, nation
Making hospital charges more transparent, the federal government this week released data showing what medical centers across the country charge for treating 100 of the most common reasons patients get admitted. The charges vary dramatically —...
Tags: Ocoee, Orlando, Orlando Health, Health Insurance Cost, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Kansas hospitals' prices vary significantly along with nation's, information shows
The Wichita EagleNewly released government figures of wildly varied hospital charges further illustrate a complicated and confusing health care system. For example, costs related to joint replacement ranged from $5,300 at a hospital in Ada, Okla., to $223,000 at a...Tags: Medicaid, Chest Pains, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Health Insurance
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Obama administration moves to get more enrolled in health insurance
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would provide millions of dollars to community health centers to help them enroll Americans in health insurance programs next year under the president’s health law. The move comes...
Tags: Justice System, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Washington, DC, Judges, Health Insurance
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Area hospitals vary significantly in what they charge to treat medical conditions
The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.They are just a few blocks from one another, but the three Scranton hospitals vary significantly in what they charge patients for the same treatment -- in some cases, by as much as 88 percent. Meanwhile, two Wilkes-Barre hospitals about five miles apart...Tags: Scranton, Community Health Systems Incorporated, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, White House
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