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Problem Solver: Snowboard accident hurts spine; insurance error hurts pocketbook
It was Christmas Day 2010, and Mike Skogmo was making his last snowboard run of the morning at Big Bear ski resort in Southern California. The graduate student from Elgin started smoothly but quickly ran into trouble. "I was going too fast and I hit...
Tags: Insurance, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Snowboarding, Jon Yates
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Is it right for Broward Health to pay for Dolphins QB?
Compared with most NFL quarterback deals, this is chump change: Three years for $331,000. But when a taxpayer-assisted hospital district is the entity throwing the money around, I have to ask if it's prudent. Broward Health, which collects nearly $150...Tags: Broward Health Medical Center, Ryan Tannehill, Joe DiMaggio, Chris Evert, Jeff Conine
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Insurance, Politics, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Dr. Ben Carson, new right-wing hero
Whenever somebody says something like, "Now, I know this isn't PC, but ... ," watch out. It probably means they're about to say something rude. In the case of Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and director of pediatric neurosurgery at...
Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Colin Powell, Insurance, Politics, Ann Coulter
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Anthem halts plan to require some drug purchases by mail
Anthem Blue Cross is backing off a decision to require some policyholders to buy their prescription drugs from a single mail-order pharmacy — a requirement that the California attorney general's office said may be illegal. Anthem, California's...Tags: Insurance, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Consumers, Prescription Drugs
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Meeks boys turn into mat men when grappling at home
For 14-year-old eighth-grader Dylan Meeks of Central Florida Christian, competing in this week's FHSAA state wrestling tournament for the first time should be an intimidating challenge. Except he'll probably laugh when he reads that line. Dylan is 6...
Tags: Applied Physics, High School Sports, Florida High School Athletic Association, Winter Park, Human Interest
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Problem Solver: Checks, closure arrive
Mike Skogmo has recovered from the snowboarding accident that broke three vertebrae and lacerated his liver. But it's taking longer to fix his insurance mess. The Buffalo Grove native, featured in the Nov. 11 column, was injured Christmas Day 2010 while...
Tags: Buffalo Grove, Insurance, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics, Hoffman Estates
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Rep. Raul Ruiz, an Rx for D.C.
You'd almost think that someone had stapled several resumes together and put them in Raul Ruiz's file: magna cum laude at UCLA; three graduate degrees from Harvard (a medical degree and masters in public policy and in public health); doctoring to poor...
Tags: POLITICO LLC, Starbucks Corp., Mary Bono, Blindness, Teaching and Learning
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25 most powerful people in Central Florida
They control some of the largest work forces in town. They can affect your health care, your daily commute, even your kids' education. Some of them have direct lines to the White House. They are Central Florida's power players. And you deserve to...
Tags: Andy Gardiner, Val Demings, Orlando Health, Politics, Charlie Crist
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Lazarus: Patients' choices narrower, yet cost of insurance rises
It's hard enough having a serious condition like cancer or kidney failure. It's even worse, some might think, when your health insurer says you have to buy your medicine from the pharmacy of its choice — or pay the full amount for expensive life-...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Insurance, HIV, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, Drugs and Medicines
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System to quickly alert state healthcare providers about disease outbreaks
The Indiana State Department of Health announced Thursday they would implement a new alert system, which will communicate urgent public health messages to healthcare providers statewide. “As demonstrated by the several public health emergencies...
Tags: Salmonella Infection, U.S. Department of State, Measles, Diseases and Illnesses, Meningitis
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Giving thanks for our healthcare system — which needs reform
It's a day late, but I'll tell you what I'm thankful for. I'm thankful that I'm no longer in the hospital. Thankful that our healthcare system, which I've criticized pretty heavily, is a marvel of medical technology and expertise. Thankful that...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Diabetes, Consumers, Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Clinics
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