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Health-care Group Names Top Performers In Care Quality Report - San Jose Business Journal
physician groups were honored as "top performers" or "most improved" in the latest care quality report from health-care leadership group integrated healthcare association. the sacramento-based independent group said 2007 pay-for-performance program ...
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Healthation To Participate At California Association Of Health Plans 23rd Annual Conference
healthation, a healthcare claims and benefits software solutions company, is pleased to announce its participation at california association of health plans 23rd annual conference, which will be held from october 20th to 22nd at desert springs jw marriott resort & spa in palm desert, california. healthation will be exhibiting at booth 200 and presenting the only enterprise solution that ...
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Health Care Costs Spike In California Compared With Earnings
health care premiums soared five times faster than salary increases in california between 2000 and 2007, according to a report released wednesday.
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New Service To Stop Loose Lips From Crashing Cars - San Francisco Gate
when david teater's 12-year-old son, joe, was killed in 2004 by a driver who was talking on a cell phone, he tried to cut back on his own habit of driving and talking. it turned out to be very difficult. "you have to remember to turn the phone off ...
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Mich. Voters To Decide Stem Cell Research Measure - San Francisco Gate
michigan voters will be thrust into the crossroads of science, ethics and religion next month when they decide whether to loosen the state's restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. supporters of the ballot measure say it could put michigan ...
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Politics Changing The Face Of Health Care
americans who tuned in to the recently televised presidential debates were treated to an earful of hotly contested health care policies. but not all americans are clear about how the health plans affect them on a personal level.
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Health Highlights: Oct. 17, 2008
here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of healthday:
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Aids Vaccine Focus Shifts After Disappointments - Boston Globe
washington (reuters) - a global aids vaccine conference this week will seek fresh strategies against the hiv virus, with experts weighing the value of basic laboratory research against large-scale human clinical trials after a string of ...
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Mervyns Plans To Liquidate Its Stores - Fresno Bee
– all job categories – accounting admin & clerical automotive1 banking1 biotech1 broadcast - journalism1 business development construction consultant customer service design distribution - shipping education engineering entry level executive ...
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Health Buzz: Infant Mortality And Other Health News
aids funding, blackberry and ipod dangers, consumer-driven health plans.
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Elite Students Depend On Public Welfare For Family Medical Care
stanford and several university of california campuses no longer offer health insurance to families of graduate students. so the students, unemployed and too poor to pay for private coverage, enroll in taxpayer-supported plans.
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Wellpoint, Inc. Joins The Center For Health Value Innovation ... - Pr Inside
- the center for health value innovation (www.vbhealth.org), welcomes its newest member, wellpoint, inc. (www.wellpoint.com), the nation's leading health benefits company serving the needs of approximately 35 million medical members nationwide. with ...
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Gay Couples Rush To Wed In California Before Vote - New York Daily News
alicia todd, left, and stephanie eddington, right, are married by deborah gordon, center, at the hard rock hotel in san diego. san francisco - gay couples from around the united states are rushing to marry in california ahead of next month's ...
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A Relieved California Finds Lenders In Credit Markets
california has managed to borrow $5 billion in the credit markets, the state treasurer announced thursday, averting a severe cash shortage that could have led to service cuts and layoffs. but more fiscal troubles loomed on the horizon there, the new york times randal c. archibold reported.
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Health Care Hardships: Lack Of Insurance Is Biggest Issue In Health Care
health care and insurance are just two of the many issues that residents in the area are trying to decide on as the two presidential candidates try to solve the skyrocketing prices of heath care and the problems caused by nearly 50 million americans without insurance.
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Gay Couples Rush To Get Married In California Ahead Of Marriage Ban ... - Newsday
san francisco (ap) _ gay couples from around california and the nation are feverishly tying the knot ahead of election day to avoid missing out if voters approve a ballot initiative aimed at banning same-sex marriage. aaron twitchell and orlando ...
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New Aig Loan Renews Concerns Over Its Health - Daily Herald
new york -- concerns about the health of american international group inc. were renewed thursday, a day after the insurance giant said it would receive an additional $37.8 billion loan from the federal reserve. "the bottom line is, they need more ...
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A Relieved California Finds Lenders In Credit Markets
california has managed to borrow $5 billion in the credit markets, averting a severe cash shortage that could have led to service cuts and layoffs.
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Health, Higher Ed Big Losers
columbia — house and senate budget writers agreed friday that the state's $7 billion budget must be cut by $488 million, with the heaviest toll falling on health and higher education and the lightest on classrooms, children's medicaid programs and prisons.
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Stem Cell Research Sets Off Building Boom - Contra Costa Times
universities throughout california will soon embark on an unprecedented, $830 million building blitz to create laboratories for stem cell science. financed with voter-approved bond money, the facilities will free scientists to do work opposed by the ...
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