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1 hr ago | Hattiesburg American

Feud over fraud rages

Weeks after publicly criticizing each other, Mississippi Medicaid director Bob Robinson and state Attorney General Jim Hood are again exchanging sharp words.

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Related Topix: Law, Criminal Defense Law

5 hrs ago | Butler Eagle

House Dems may push back vote on health care

House Democrats acknowledged today they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until Sunday or early next week.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, Law

9 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

Judge limits Blue Cross Medicare rate hike

An independent hearing judge today ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan only should raise its supplemental Medicare rates by 3.8%, not the 36.7% it had sought.

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Related Topix: Law, Medicare, Health, Michigan

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Portland's CW32 KRCW -TV

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announces more spending cuts as tax collections continue to fall

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced on Friday a series of spending cuts and other steps to offset a continuing multimillion-dollar dive in state revenues.

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Related Topix: Law

5NEWSonline.com

Beebe says House health care proposal could cost Arkansas $205M by 2015

Gov. Mike Beebe says that a proposal in the House to overhaul the nation's health care system could add $205 million to the state's budget by 2015.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Law, Medicaid, Health, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Cellphones

UnionLeader.com

NH or Pelosi? Hodes, Shea-Porter can pick one

New Hampshire, pay attention. How your representatives vote could change our state forever.

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Related Topix: Law, Washington, NH

Cbs4denver.com

Thousands Protest Health Care Bill At Capitol

Share + Nov 5, 2009 12:15 pm US/Mountain Senate Reform Proposal Tri-Committee Reform Plan 1 of 1 Members of the Health Access protest group stage a crime scene-like "body pile-up" as part of their campaign against what they say is the poor state of the U.S. health care system on Oct.

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Related Topix: US News, Law, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Reuters

Democrats wrestle with abortion on health bill

Democrats in the House of Representatives scrambled on Wednesday to iron out lingering concerns over abortion in a healthcare reform bill that was headed to a close and potentially historic weekend debate.

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Related Topix: US News, Abortion, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Law, Medicare, Health, Family, Elderly

Thu Nov 05, 2009

MyFox St. Louis

Economists, policymakers meet to establish new Kansas consensus revenue projection

Kansas policymakers met Thursday to evaluate how short revenue collections have fallen and determine and how deep a new round of state budget cuts might have to go.

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Related Topix: Kansas Government, Kansas, Law

KSTP

Details on health care bills in House, Senate

WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders have presented a new health overhaul bill that melds legislation passed by three committees over the summer.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Law, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Medicare, Health, Medicaid

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Michael Gerson: Health reform toll will fall too heavily on young people

As I was talking recently with the founder of a large American corporation, the conversation turned to health care reform.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, Law, Family, Elderly, AARP, Social Security, Personal Finance, Opinion

Charlotte Channel 9

S.C. Limiting Some Medicaid Patients To 1 Pharmacy 54 min ago

South Carolina, trying to curb abuse of narcotics and save money, is requiring Medicaid patients suspected of doctor-hopping for drugs to choose one pharmacy for all of their prescriptions.

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Related Topix: Law, Medicaid, Health, South Carolina, Drugs, South Carolina Government, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication

Lansing State Journal

DHS workers say they fear for their lives

State social workers struggling with mounting welfare, food stamp and Medicaid caseloads said Wednesday they fear for their lives after being assaulted or threatened by recipients frustrated with long lines and delays in aid.

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Related Topix: Law, Jackson County, MI, Wayne County, MI, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Seattle's WB

GOP, Worried about Negative Image, Pushes Conservative Healthcare Plan

JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington After months of criticizing Democratic proposals to revamp the healthcare system from the sidelines, Republicans are moving aggressively to present an alternative approach and undercut critics' portrayal of the GOP as the "Party of No." Defining a stark contrast with the Democrats' comprehensive effort to ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Inglis, John Boehner, Health Insurance, Health, Law, Health Care Policy

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Boulder Weekly

5. Congress often blocks Medicare changes that would cut costs

The Democratic health care legislation comes studded with cautious plans to test proposals for reining in Medicare costs.

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Related Topix: Law

KRQE Albuquerque, New Mexico

House Dems set stage for health vote

House Democrats cleared the way Wednesday for a pivotal floor vote on health care overhaul as early as the weekend, after tweaking their 1,900-page bill to crack down harder on insurance companies.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Health Insurance, Health, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Law

CW11 New York WPIX-TV

Taking an older drug instead of a new blockbuster can help you save money and stay safe

Last year pharmaceutical companies spent more than $4 billion urging patients like you to "ask your doctor" about their drugs.

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Related Topix: Health, AARP, Medicine, Cholesterol, Zocor, Simvastatin (generic), Law, Food and Drug Administration

MyFoxChicago

Sebelius Visits For Children's Health

Chicago - President Obama's top health chief is coming to Chicago to get more uninsured children enrolled in government health insurance programs.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Health Insurance, Health, Law, Medicaid

The Ledger

Advocate Takes Aim At Patient Billing

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:25 p.m. TALLAHASSEE Florida's insurance consumer advocate said he is trying to find a lawmaker to help him ban a practice that sticks patients with big bills their health plans won't cover.

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Related Topix: Tallahassee, FL, Law

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KHGI

Nebraska governor proposes widespread budget cuts

Most Nebraska agencies will feel some pain over the next year and a half if lawmakers adopt the widespread spending cuts Gov.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Nebraska, US Governors, Dave Heineman, Law

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