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Sheriff Israel asks for $93.7 million more, 14% increase
UPDATED with information from BSO The first details of the new Broward County sheriff's budget have emerged: He's asking for a $93.7 million increase in spending, or 14 percent more than was approved last year. To put the number into context, it's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Health Insurance, Law Enforcement, Finance
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Hospital cost report shows need for single-payer system
Compliments to Morning Call reporter Tim Darragh on his recent coverage of U.S. Health and Human Service's release of hospital charge data. It's eye-opening how charges for identical services vary widely across hospitals in our region. At first blush,...Tags: Medicare, Medical Procedures and Tests, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, Allentown
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Some could have gaps in medical coverage under new law
When the national healthcare law takes full effect next year, millions of Americans risk disrupted health coverage because of common life events: getting married or divorced, having children or taking on a second job. As their family incomes change,...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Government Health Care, Social Issues
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Here's what happens when Indy dreams big
It took 12 years to go eight miles, but don't underestimate just how far Indianapolis has come while dreaming about, building and completing the Downtown Cultural Trail. In a city and state that desperately need to promote exercise, the trail is an...Tags: Employees, High Blood Pressure, Career and Workplace, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Editorial: Worry about food stamp growth, not junk food
Is there any human impulse stronger than the urge to tell others what not to eat? Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty snacks, fried anything, refined grains, hydrogenated oils, preservatives, artificial...Tags: Nutrition, Obesity, Consumer Goods Industries, Nikki Haley, Weight
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Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election
Reuters(Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls. But unlike most cities, Harrisburg's financial...Tags: Elections, Finance, Democratic Party, Local Government, Primaries
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SOUTH BEND On-Site Health Solutions received certification by the state of Indiana as a woman-owned business enterprise. Owner Connie Bryan, R.N., started the company in 2006 to help companies in Indiana and Michigan control health care costs with on-site... -
What we think: Central Florida needs to break the obesity cycle
Not so long ago, about one in every 10 adult Floridians was obese. Today, if you line up four Floridians, one of them will be obese. The good news? At least we're not Mississippi, where every third person has a body mass index of 30 or higher —...
Tags: Heart Disease, Family, Eatonville, Body Mass Index, Obesity
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Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities
WASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many statehouses to expanding Medicaid next year under President Obama's healthcare law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation's poorest residents without insurance coverage — will...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, High Blood Pressure, Regional Authority, Mitt Romney
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For those who serve
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, a recent visit to Afghanistan and Bahrain confirmed my deep appreciation for service members and citizens who willingly put themselves in harm's way for the sake of our nation. Over the course of an...Tags: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services
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Cullerton, Madigan square off with competing pension reform plans
— As Illinois lawmakers weigh a pair of competing pension reform plans this spring, a big factor they're considering is how much each approach would save the beleaguered state treasury. Illinois already spends more on government worker...
Tags: Daniel Biss, Crime, Law and Justice, Heather Steans, Finance, Retirement
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Two states say 2014 Obamacare insurance costs on low side
Reuters(Reuters) - In a boost for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, two states in the Northwest said on Friday that insurance companies submitted applications to sell policies on the states' health insurance exchanges at rates well below what...Tags: Family, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Care Reform (2009), Barack Obama, Health Insurance
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