News coverage offers different looks at how the health law is impacting consumers and insurers. USA Today: Obamacare Increases Incomes Of Poorest, Study Finds The Affordable Care Act will "significantly" increase the incomes of ...
A selection of health policy stories from New York, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Kansas, Florida, Rhode Island and Georgia. The New York Times: Mayor And Governor Teaming Up To Save Brooklyn Hospitals Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. ...
Tags: N.Y.Mayors, Health-Care, Financial Data, GOP
The National Cotton Council (NCC) is urging Representatives to vote for the Farm Bill Conference Report when the House considers it on January 29. NCC Chairman Jimmy Dodson said the U.S. cotton industry appreciates the Agriculture ...
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: States Consider Labels for Genetically Modified Foods A number of states are considering laws requiring labels on food products that ...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- In December, 2.3 million people enrolled in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program -- an increase of 20 percent from November, U.S. officials say. A report by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
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The cottage food movement that has gained traction in the states since about 2010 is continuing to take hold this legislative season. Current law recently crafted in Virginia permits unlicensed home kitchens operating without inspections ...
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A selection of health policy stories from Rhode Island, California, Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida, Wisconsin, Missouri and Minnesota. Providence Journal: Chafee's $43-Million Cut In Medicaid Program Touches Many Sectors Of Health Care ...
UK Flammability Regulations for Upholstered Furniture Published on : Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Following the recent BBC investigation into upholstery on sale in the UK containing foams and fabrics that do not comply with British ...
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A New Mexico judge has granted a preliminary injunction preventing Valley Meat Co. LLC from opening its long-sought horse processing plant in Roswell. The ruling came on the same day President Barack Obama signed into law a bipartisan ...
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. described inequality in healthcare as the "most shocking and inhumane" form of injustice, a U.S. health official says. Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the U.S. Department of ...
Tags: health insurance, MLK, full potential, untreated asthma
China is aiming high on the industrial ladder. Getting there requires advanced equipment such as robots that is still firmly in the hands of foreign enterprises. Industrial robots are used to do things like bolt panels on cars or ...
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A UT Arlington engineering professor has proven that the effect of mass is important, can be measured and has a significant impact on any calculations and measurements at the sub-micrometer scale. The findings help to better understand ...
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Verizon on Wednesday became the first major US telecom carrier to release a "transparency report," and said it received 320,000 data queries last year in the United States alone. Verizon also said it received between 1,000 and 2,000 ...
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As you all know we love tractors, riders, mowers and pretty much anything that you can put gas in and goes vroom. ?While researching for some upcoming lawn and garden reviews I came across the Raven mower on Youtube. ?From the video it ...
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society: Hospitalization Of Elderly Medicaid Long-Term Care Users Who Transition From Nursing Homes To compare ...