Free Health Care Clinic In Nashville This Weekend McGavock High School in Nashville will be transformed into a massive free health clinic on Saturday and Sunday. Medical, dental and vision services will be offered to an estimated 2,000 people. Read more on News Channel 5 Nashville Free Health Presentation There will be a free health [...]
Feb 18 2011 | Posted in
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ND House GOP, Dems argue federal health care law BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The merits of the new federal health care law touched off some lengthy arguments in the North Dakota House. Republicans control the House and they don’t like the measure. They approved a resolution Wednesday asking Congress to repeal the federal health care [...]
Feb 18 2011 | Posted in
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Oklahoma Health Care Authority Signs 1 Million Medicaid Contract with HP PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HP Enterprise Services today announced the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA) has extended its long-time service agreement with the company. The $ 281 million, seven-year contract, which contains a one-year renewal option, adds new information technology services to help prepare the [...]
Feb 16 2011 | Posted in
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Health care to mentally ill man who died below par Communication between the various parties in the health system dealing with a mentally ill Masterton man who committed suicide was below par, says Wellington regional coroner Ian Smith. Read more on NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News Health Net Announces Annual Investor Day to Be Held in [...]
Feb 15 2011 | Posted in
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Maternal Health in Developing Countries Image by United Nations Photo A mom and her newborn baby at the Maternal & Child Health Training Institute for medically needy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Maternal mortality remains a very serious concern in Asia and the Pacific – especially in South and South-West Asia, which has one third of the [...]
Feb 15 2011 | Posted in
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Health Care thoughts: Policy Confusion The Obama administrative, and especially the Department of Health and Human Services, is pushing the notion of accountable care organizations (ACOs) and similar innovative integration strategies to improve the cost-benefit ratio of health care services. This is integral to PPACA (“Obamacare.”) Read more on Business Insider Radius Health Group agrees [...]
Feb 14 2011 | Posted in
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Kansas House Backs Health Care Freedom Amendment The Kansas House is backing the health care freedom amendment to the state constitution but its still unclear if it will get equal support in the state senate. The vote Friday was 91 to 27. The proposal Read more on KFJX Pittsburg CLINIC: Tri-City Community Health CEO is [...]
Feb 13 2011 | Posted in
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Elements Of Health Care Legislation Help Farmers Through the years as we have talked to farmers about their health care coverage, we find that they fall into four groups. A large number of farmers have a spouse who works in town and has access to health insurance through an employer-paid group insurance program. When asked, [...]
Feb 9 2011 | Posted in
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iphone-health-warning Image by catcubed In light of the recent Greanpeace health report on the iPhone (view the PDF of Full Report), I’ve taken the proactive stance and created a health warning for use as my iPhone wallpaper. I am releasing this wallpaper to the world in order to do my part in saving us all [...]
Feb 8 2011 | Posted in
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State Roundup: Setting up health insurance exchanges; Community-based clinics cuts; Autism legislation; End-of-life care The board of the Health Benefit Exchange is going to be small and mighty. … This exchange will concentrate the health insurance buying power of millions of Californians, and will be the central force in implementing national health care reform in [...]
Feb 7 2011 | Posted in
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