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  1. Defense Secretary Nominee Chuck Hagel's Stance on Key Issues

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    decade in the country. As the war winds down, public concern has shifted toward the economy at home and domestic spending on healthcare and programs such as Social Security. Hagel is well aware of that, and has indicated that he's not opposed to defense

  2. 10 Websites That Can Save You Money on Healthcare

    Mon, 7 Jan 2013

    resolutions by February! So here are 10 healthcare websites that can help you score medical 1. ChangeHealthCare.com : Deduct Healthcare Costs W-2s come out this month and service. 9. Simplee.com : Analyze Healthcare Costs This site is the equivalent of

  3. Your Medical Chart Could Include Exercise Minutes

    Sun, 6 Jan 2013

    Elizabeth Joy of Salt Lake City has created a nearly identical program and she expects 300 physicians in her Intermountain Healthcare network to be involved early this year. "There are some real opportunities there to kind of shift patients' expectations

  4. Salon Group Targets Tanning 'Myths'

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    dispel myths and misinformation about moderate exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, much of which it says is perpetuated by healthcare providers. The American Suntanning Association (ASA), which announced its formation on Dec. 18, has 1,400 members

  5. December Jobs Report: Hispanic Unemployment Down Slightly

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    Department of Labor revised nonfarm job gains in November to 161,000 from an original estimate of 146,000. Employment in healthcare , food services and drinking places, construction and manufacturing increased in Novemberr, while employment in retail industries

  6. Health Union Alliance Could Threaten Larger Rival

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    Association is merging with the 10,000-member National Union of Healthcare Workers to form a new union made up entirely of health sector collaborators to uproot decades of progress made by RNs and other healthcare workers," CNA co-President Deborah Burger said in a statement

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  1. Health Union Alliance Could Threaten Larger Rival

    Thu, 3 Jan 2013

    labor tensions. The 185,000-member California Nurses Association is merging with the 10,000-member National Union of Healthcare Workers. They're forming a new union of health sector workers. The merger renews a bitter rivalry between the nurses and

  2. Too Many Doctors Can Hurt a Patient in 'Bystander Effect'

    Wed, 2 Jan 2013

    responsibility": the larger the group, the less likely an individual will act. "We have talked a lot about the broader issues of healthcare -- and not just within our field -- and it really struck a chord," Stavert, a resident in dermatology at Yale, told

  3. Analysis: 6 Things Obama Needs To Do for Immigration Reform

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    headache for the Obama administration during the fight for healthcare reform (It was eventually awarded PoliFact's "Lie of the minutia and misinformation. "Something that happened in healthcare was that it was very confusing to Americans," Tramonte said

  4. Appy New Year: 5 Apps to Help Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    list of alternatives. Press menu button to create shopping lists, browse food categories, and get daily tips, too. Mint Healthcare legislation, middle-class tax cuts, immigration policies---there are a number of issues facing 2013 that could directly

  5. 5 Things That Could Happen if We Go Over the Cliff

    Mon, 31 Dec 2012

    the Brookings Institution. On top of that, a series of tax increases will go into effect to pay for provisions of the 2010 healthcare law. The increases will affect individuals making more than $200,000 and couples making more than $250,000 unless Congress

  6. Year in Review: Meningitis Outbreak Still a Challenge

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    NECC made 17,675 vials of preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate, an injectable steroid, and shipped them to 76 healthcare facilities in 23 states. That was problematic in itself: The company was licensed as a compounding pharmacy, meaning in

  7. FDA Clears Anticlotting Drug Eliquis

    Fri, 28 Dec 2012

    fibrillation: Pradaxa, from German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim, and Xarelto from partners Johnson & Johnson and Bayer Healthcare . Some analysts have said Eliquis, known chemically as apixaban, is the best of the three new drugs, but Pradaxa and Xarelto

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  1. Mitt Romney: Obama Gave Hispanics Obamacare

    Thu, 15 Nov 2012

    GOP candidate says the president's healthcare plan was appealing to Latino voters.

  2. Caused By Obamacare? Healthcare Costs Rising.

    Thu, 13 Sep 2012

    Health care is clearly a hot button issue in upcoming elections but putting politics aside what is really going on with health care costs. Bloomberg reporter and he and looking at the latest numbers joins us now to help us out for being with us I think it. So there's a new study out big new study

  3. Making the Most of Healthcare Program

    Fri, 16 Jul 2010

    some steps to actually show that that's the case. That's right in if you go to the government's new website called healthcare dot golf he can find out all the rules. The HHS version that when that 21 states are happening it's generally requiring

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  4. Rape Is Rape: Obama Criticizes Rep. Akin's Comments

    Mon, 20 Aug 2012

    Obama says politicians, mostly men, shouldn't be making healthcare decisions on behalf of women.

  5. Edwards' Healthcare Challenge

    Mon, 17 Sep 2007

    I don't believe it. In the America I believe in we don't compromise on principles I will not compromise on universal healthcare and auto coverage not don't quality. I will do as president. On the first day. That I've sworn in as the United States

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    in we don't compromise on principles I will not compromise on universal healthcare and auto coverage not don't quality. -- I will do as president. On the first day. That I've sworn in as --
  6. Obama Attacks McCain on Healthcare

    Fri, 17 Oct 2008

    Health care is should be some the opera singers get. Left out in the cold. I think everything no To affordable accessible healthcare . Okay. Oh. Reconstruct the Medicare. By eliminate wasteful subsidies cut. HMO. Medicare making sure seniors can access

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  7. Bill Clinton Riled Up Over Healthcare

    Fri, 9 May 2008

    first reduction in the number of people without health insurance in a dozen years when I was president because of what we did healthcare they're not. Italian Americans got more credibility. And for you. Lessen the claims He did what it weight thing.

    Healthcare found at 2:28

    dozen years when I was president because of what we did -- healthcare they're not. Italian Americans got more credibility. And for you. Lessen the claims He did what it -- weight -- thing.
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