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Otis R. Bowen, Health Secretary and Indiana Governor, Dies at 95
Bremen :: IN :: USA | 12 days ago
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Bowen, Health Secretary Under Reagan, Dies at 95 Neal Boenzi/The New York Times On a 1986 visit to Hale House in Harlem, which cares for children addicted to drugs, Health and Human Services Secretary Otis R...Dr. Bowen worked as a family
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House GOP seeks to bar Medicaid-funded abortions
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 17 days ago
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Iowa's Medicaid program would no longer pay for any abortions under a massive budget bill for state health departments that the state House approved Wednesday. In a 52-46 vote, the House approved the roughly $1.7 billion state Health and Human
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Minnesota House debates into night on $11.2 billion health bill
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 27 days ago
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Minnesota lawmakers battled into the night Monday over the state's health and human services budget. House members were even prepared for possible overnight debate on the two-year, $11.2 billion budget, which funds services for some of the poorest,
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Obamacare differs for ex-foster kids
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 month ago
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He thinks he needs a root canal, but the full-time student, 22, is uninsured. He can't afford a trip to the dentist. "I'm only working 30 hours a week. I wouldn't have enough money to do something like that," said Cox-Reed, a film and video student
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Putting Our Money Where Our Hearts Are
Muncie :: IN :: USA | 1 month ago
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A group of us stood outside a post office in Seattle on April 15th. Each voter was given 10 pennies to vote how s/he would like federal tax dollars to be spent. When they were finished voting I would unroll 40-inch long, one-inch high piece of
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Minnesota House outlines $150 million in cuts to Human Services
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 1 month ago
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Minnesota House Democrats have outlined the $150 million in cuts they plan to make to the Health and Human Services budget. "Cutting $150 million from this budget was not a desirable or easy task, but we have achieved our goal of making significant
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Pa. Gov. Corbett discusses Medicaid issues with Health and Human Services Secretary
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 month ago
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The Obama administration wants to be as flexible as possible within the confines of the Affordable Care Act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett Tuesday night in a meeting aimed at persuading him
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Many urge governor to expand Medicaid at public hearing in Oakland
Erie :: PA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Eakin, the executive director of the Erie-based agency Voices for Independence, was one of several people who spoke at a public hearing hosted by Democratic members of the state Senate Appropriations Committee at the Wyndham University Center in
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Ark. legislators seek details on Medicaid deal
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | 3 months ago
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Ark. (AP) Republican legislators who had resisted expanding Medicaid in Arkansas say they're encouraged by a new plan that would allow funds from the federal-state program to purchase private insurance for the newly eligible, but say they need more
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Official pushes Patrick's plan
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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State Secretary of Health and Human Services John Polanowicz urged business leaders to support Gov. Deval L. Patricks growth plan, saying investing in transportation and education will secure the states role as a leader in innovation. Mr. Polanowicz,
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