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Obama touts plan to cut waste in Medicare, Medicaid
Pitching his healthcare reform legislation in suburban Missouri, the president announces a broadened initiative to block fraud in government health programs. Promoting a new initiative to reduce waste in Medicare, Medicaid and other government programs, President Obama traveled to suburban St. Louis on Wednesday to keep up momentum behind his push to complete work on a health overhaul this month.
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Obama's health care legacy hangs on power of Clyburn's persuasion
WASHINGTON — The looming vote for final passage of the historic health-care bill is the stiffest challenge House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has faced in his three-plus years as the lawmaker responsible for counting heads and ensuring passage of major legislation.
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Laid-off S.F. workers may get jobless benefits
Readers of this column can't seem to get enough information on unemployment benefits and Roth IRAs so I'll answers questions on both. Q: San Francisco's decision to lay off 17,000 city workers and hire most of them back 60 days later in the same or a... Unemployment benefits - San Francisco - Unemployment - Layoff - United States
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A look at Democrats' health care overhaul
President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are pulling together a final version of a health care overhaul bill and pushing for House votes as early as this coming week. Democrats are awaiting cost assessments from the Congressional Budget Office that will allow them to finish details. Some of the main features as the bill takes shape:
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California ranks 35th in maternal mortality, records 11.3 deaths per 100,000 live births
In releasing a new report on maternal health nationwide, Amnesty International today revealed that flaws and shocking disparities in maternal health care that the government is ignoring lead to two to three women dying daily in the United States from pregnancy-related complications, with half of these deaths believed preventable, according to the Centers for Disease Control. A state-by-state ...
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States cut while Washington spends, oblivious
There is a great divide in American politics. It's not between Democrats and Republicans. It's between the president and Congress in Washington, on one side, and governors and legislators around the country on the other.
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Significant political stakes ride on how the census counts prisoners
Should the census count inmates as residents of the prisons where they're held — often hundreds of miles from home? Or should they be tallied as citizens of the cities or counties they came from? How the issue plays out, writes columnist Neal Peirce, will influence not just state politics but big decisions in federal grant policies too.
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State budget deal likely today
With additional time, budget conferees returned to work, edging toward agreement on spending during the next two years for public education, social services and law enforcement.
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State budget deal likely today
House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a compromise budget-balancing plan, promising to have a deal on lawmakers’ desks for today’s overtime finale to the 2010 General Assembly. The Republican-dominated House of Delegates and the Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate quit at midafternoon yesterday, having agreed to a one-day extension of the annual legislative session.
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Budget Sits In Limbo
PIERRE — South Dakota will not be able to get an expected $36 million in extra federal aid if the Legislature balances the state budget by cutting spending, Gov. Mike Rounds said Friday.
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Wait on Washington puts S.D. budget on hold
South Dakota lawmakers broke camp from Pierre on Friday without a state budget, but with hopes that a murky financial picture will be clearer in coming days. However, there are no guarantees that crafting a budget will get any easier when they return to the Capitol in two weeks. The lawmakers' exit is a highly unusual situation that some longtime lawmakers had never seen before.
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Laid-off S.F. workers may get jobless benefits
Readers of this column can't seem to get enough information on unemployment benefits and Roth IRAs so I'll answers questions on both. Q: San Francisco's decision to lay off 17,000 city workers and hire most of them back 60 days later in the same or a... Unemployment benefits - Unemployment - San Francisco - Layoff - United States
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Lindsey is indeed real, though she wishes her story was make believe
Lindsey is indeed real, though she wishes her story was make believe By Tim Wood Lindsey Hickey has been cursed with a six-year run of medical hell. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, she had simply reached her breaking point. So the 25-year-old put aside what little pride is left from years of surgeries, pain and isolation.
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State budget deal likely today
House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a compromise budget-balancing plan, promising to have a deal on lawmakers’ desks for today’s overtime finale to the 2010 General Assembly.
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Insurance rate hikes in N.H. are questioned
This is the second of a two-part report that looks at increases in health insurance policies offered by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Maine and New Hampshire. Last Sunday, we looked at Maine. This week we examine New Hampshire.
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A Look at Democrats' Health Care Overhaul
Details of the health care overhaul plan shaped by Obama and Democrats in Congress Health care - United States Congress - Politics - United States - Congress
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Budget negotiators inching toward deal
House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a compromise budget-balancing plan, promising to have a deal on lawmakers’ desks for Sunday’s overtime finale to the 2010 General Assembly. The Republican-dominated House of Delegates and Democrat-controlled Virginia Senate quit at mid-afternoon today, having agreed to a one-day extension of the annual legislative session.
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