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Size of state's medevac fleet under review
The Associated PressThe number of Maryland medevac transports have dropped significantly since new protocols were put in place after a fatal crash, prompting lawmakers today to question how many helicopters are needed to replace the state's aging fleet. Donald DeVries,...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Emergency Planning, Laws
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Chamber of Commerce lobbying budget grows in 2008; spent over $38 million through September
AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Unique challenges in 2008 — including an economy in recession — has a group representing more than 3 million U.S. businesses on pace to spend even more on lobbying this year than it has in other election years. The U.S....Tags: Nuclear Power, Immigration, General Motors Corp., Government, Work Relations
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Officials estimate that struggling economy to speed up Medicare's insolvency 1 to 3 years
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal health officials estimate that the struggling economy will speed up by one to three years the exhaustion of the Medicare trust fund covering hospital and nursing home care. Trustees for the Social Security and Medicare...Tags: National Government, Bankruptcy, Long Term Care, Medicare, Wages and Pensions
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1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder
AP Medical WriterAlmost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind. The disorders include problems such as...Tags: Social Sciences, Adults, Teaching and Learning, Emergency Planning, Northern Illinois University
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Ill. hospital settles fraud case for $36 million
A suburban Chicago medical center has agreed to pay $36 million to resolve issues related to improper payments, leases and loans to physicians, the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago said Monday. Condell Health Center in Libertyville voluntarily...Tags: Marketing, Hospitals and Clinics, Fraud, Government Health Care, Corporate Crime
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Condell Medical Center to pay U.S. for claims
Tribune reporterCondell Medical Center in Libertyville will pay a $36 million settlement to government health programs after the hospital said it accepted improper payments from federal health insurance programs for more than five years, the U.S. attorney's office in...Tags: Marketing, Medicare, Government Health Care, Libertyville, Health Insurance
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Global village
Special to The Baltimore SunIt's a crisp fall day at Waverly Elementary School in Northeast Baltimore. It's about an hour or so before lunch, and the building perched on a hill is humming with activity. Upstairs in Room 223, about two dozen students in green and khaki uniforms are...Tags: Fells Point, Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), Elementary Schools, AIDS, Healthcare Provider
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A life and death matter
Reya Johnson sat in her living room with her 15-month-old daughter Andrea, a bright-eyed child who couldn't stop smiling. They sang nursery rhymes and played pitty-pat, tapping their palms lightly together. Ms. Johnson, 38, was showing Peggy White, a...Tags: Illnesses, Population, People, Epidemics and Plagues, Diseases
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Blues, Michigan AG continue health insurance fight
Associated Press WriterBlue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and its opponents continued their high-profile fight Monday over legislation the health insurer wants approved by the end of the year. Blue Cross said it projects losses of nearly $264 million on its health insurance...Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Laws, State Budgets, Private Health Care
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Consensus emerging on universal healthcare
After decades of failed efforts to reshape the nation's healthcare system, a consensus appears to be emerging in Washington about how to achieve the elusive goal of providing medical insurance to all Americans. The answer, say leading groups of...Tags: Laws, Health Insurance, Government, Bill Clinton, Heads of State
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People on the move, Dec. 1
peopleonthemove@newsday.comBENEFITS Susan Sajiun-Fitzharris has been named vice president of employee benefits at United Benefit Consulting in Smithtown. Saijiun-Fitzharris, of St. James, has more than 22 years of insurance and employee benefit experience. She was formerly...Tags: National Government, Atlantic Beach, Garden City (Garden City, New York), Government, Sales
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How to approximate marriage rights
Sentinel Staff WriterThe passage of Amendment 2, adding the ban of same-sex marriage to the Florida Constitution, underscores the patchwork of legal documents needed by gay and lesbian couples for some semblance of the rights and protections afforded married couples. Gay...Tags: Contracts, Breach of Contract, Marriage, Medicine, Laws
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