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Insurers embrace Obama health plan, but take exception to required employer contributions
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ The insurance industry embraced many of President-elect Barack Obama's ideas for better health care coverage Wednesday, though it opposes a key piece of his plan to require employers to help pay for that coverage. The industry said it...Tags: National Government, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Edward M. Kennedy, Employers, Government Health Care
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For Sen. Durbin, triumph and tragedy
Washington BureauWASHINGTON — This should be a joyous time for Dick Durbin, the assistant Senate majority leader from Illinois. His close friend was just elected president of the United States. Senate Democrats will return to work in January with their effective...Tags: Illinois, Government Health Care, Harry Reid, Barbara Boxer, Valerie Jarrett
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Some doctors likely to quit giving shots, citing poor vaccine reimbursement from insurers
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between...Tags: Medicine, Medical Staff, Health Organizations, Viral Diseases, Insurance
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Durbin working through his grief
The Swampby Jill Zuckman This should be a joyous time for Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant Senate majority leader. His close friend was recently elected president. Senate Democrats will return to work in January with their effective ranks swelled to......Tags: Illinois, Government Health Care, Barbara Boxer, Harry Reid, Valerie Jarrett
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Some US doctors likely to quit giving shots, citing poor vaccine reimbursement from insurers
AP Medical WriterATLANTA (AP) _ About one in 10 U.S. doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences...Tags: Medical Staff, Medicine, Health Organizations, Viral Diseases, Insurance
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Vaccines' cost stings doctors
About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children is considering dropping that service, largely because of losing money when doing it, according to a survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between what doctors pay for...Tags: Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Organizations, University of Michigan, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia)
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Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost
AP Medical WriterAbout one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between what...Tags: Medicine, Medical Staff, Health Organizations, Viral Diseases, Insurance
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Doctors losing money on vaccines mull dropping service
ATLANTA - About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey. A second survey revealed startling differences between...Tags: Viral Diseases, Insurance, University of Michigan, Hopewell (Hopewell, Virginia), Vaccines
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California has a new clout in Congress
Under President Bush, California Democrats often felt like Rodney Dangerfield.
But with Barack Obama headed to the White House -- giving their party control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue for the first time in 14 years -- lawmakers from one of the...Tags: Pennsylvania, George Miller, Xavier Becerra, Demographics, George Bush
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Making sure child's bipolar diagnosis is right
beth.whitehouse@newsday.comI have a family member who has a 7-year-old boy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder. He has been seen by four different doctors and is on medication. The older he gets, the harder his anger is to handle. We are looking for...Tags: Mental Illness, Stony Brook University, Babylon (Babylon, New York), ADHD, Social Sciences
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Questions and answers about our health care system
ridgely.ochs@newsday.comWhat's wrong with our health care system? We spend more money on health care than any other industrialized nation, yet more than 15 percent - 45.7 million Americans - are uninsured. That number is sure to grow in the current financial crisis. And other...Tags: Robert Bennett, Financial Markets, Government Health Care, Stony Brook University, Health Organizations
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Number of uninsured children climbs in Florida
The Associated PressNearly 19 percent or 797,000 children in Florida do not have health insurance -- the second highest percentage in the country -- and experts expect the number to rise as more parents are laid off, according to a report released this week. The number may...Tags: National Government, Texas, Florida, Government Health Care, Jeb Bush
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