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Local health centers receive funding
WDBJ7 ReporterMore than $2 million is waiting for about two dozen health centers in Virginia. The Martinsville, Henry County Coalition for Health and Wellness is one of them. It provides tips on getting and staying fit and healthy. Health leaders work throughout...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia)
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Statewide savings program could line your pockets with FREE money
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterThree days into 2013, this is the time to start saving. For those of you looking to achieve some lofty goals this year, the Virginia Department of Social Services, Virginia Housing Development Authority and the U.S. Department of Health and Human...Tags: Real Estate Buyers
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Heritage High School Football Schedule 2012
Here is the 2012 football schedule for Heritage High School: (Games marked bold are home games) 8/24/12 HHS vs. Magna Vista 7:00pm 8/31/12 OFF 9/7/12 HHS at E.C. Glass 7:00pm 9/14/12 HHS at Halifax County 7:00pm 9/21/12 HHS at...
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Premium increases in Virginia deemed 'unreasonable'
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says proposed increases in
health insurance premiums for customers in five states have been deemed "unreasonable" by the agency.
Federal officials said in a statement Thursday they'...Tags: Oxford (New Haven, Connecticut), Healthcare Laws, Health, Health Insurance, Lake Forest
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RPT-Final Obamacare push will pitch to the low-income young
Reuters(Repeats for wider distribution. No changes to headline or text) By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - In the final months leading up to the launch of the key piece of President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, the administration is...Tags: White House, Marilyn Tavenner, Univision (tv network), Marketing, Sales
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Religious freedom under threat at home
On Friday, Catholics throughout the United States will begin observing two weeks known as the Fortnight for Freedom. For a second consecutive year, the U.S. Catholic Church has set aside this time leading up to Independence Day to draw attention to the...
Tags: Archdiocese of Baltimore, Civil Rights, Fines, Christianity, Freedom of Religion
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Archbishop Thomas Wenski
Last Week: Scandals association with the White House and the erosion of 1st and 4th amendment protections of US citizens. I think these scandals reveal the arrogance of power and the dangers of complacency. These scandals are also related to the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics, Immigration, Migration, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Medicaid managed care move gets final approval
TALLAHASSEE — The federal government gave final approval Friday to Florida's long-debated proposal to overhaul the Medicaid system by requiring beneficiaries statewide to enroll in HMOs and other types of managed-care plans. The decision was not...Tags: Healthcare Contract Issues, Healthcare Policies, Coventry Health Care Inc., Career and Workplace, Politics
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Florida gets OK to move Medicaid patients into managed care
Florida has received federal approval to move approximately 2.9 million Medicaid recipients into managed-care programs as soon as next Jan. 1, Gov. Rick Scott's office announced today. It's a major victory for Scott and the Florida Legislature --...
Tags: Broward County, Government Health Care, Rick Scott, Insurance, Health Insurance
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Child who got transplant after legal fight is recovering
Reuters(Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl with cystic fibrosis who became eligible for an adult organ transplant after a legal battle waged by her family was recovering on Thursday from double-lung transplant surgery, a family spokeswoman said. The...Tags: Judges, Respiratory Disease, Crime, Law and Justice, Cystic Fibrosis, Diseases and Illnesses
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Connecticut Plaintiff Hails Ruling On Human Genes Patent
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday to invalidate a Utah company's long-held patents on genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer is expected to result in the test's being more accessible to women, at a lower cost, experts say. The court's 9-0...Tags: Antonin Scalia, Civil Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Trials
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Small U.S. insurers fill gaps for weakest state health exchanges
ReutersBy Caroline Humer NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - When the state of Mississippi begins offering subsidized health insurance under President Barack Obama's reform law this year, residents will have only one choice - Magnolia Health Plan - a small insurer...Tags: Consumers, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Healthcare Contract Issues, Cigna Corporation, Centene Corporation
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