The state is turning down an estimated $ 100 billion in federal funds that would have paid for health care coverage for more than 1 million poor Texans. For Gov. Rick Perry and the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature, the potential appearance of supporting “Obamacare” was too much. Politics
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Health Officials Decry Texas’ Snubbing Of Medicaid Billions
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EU swimming beaches get clean bill of health
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
The vast majority of some 22,000 swimming beaches in the EU are clean and safe, the European Environment Agency said Tuesday. Environment News Headlines – Yahoo! News UK
Read More...Nearly Half The Country Doesn’t Know Health Law Exists
By admin on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
A new poll finds 42 percent of Americans aren’t sure that the Affordable Care Act is actually a law. Guest Host Celeste Headlee discusses this and other health care-related issues with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, and NPR’s Senior Washington Editor, Ron Elving. Politics
Read More...After Health Issues, Influential Conductor Back At Met Opera
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Host Scott Simon speaks with New York Times classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine’s return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two years. Music
Read More...The Unsafe Sex: Should The World Invest More In Men’s Health?
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The world’s top health problems are more common in men than women. But recent global funding has been skewed toward women’s issues. Some health economists say more effort should go toward stopping men’s risky behaviors, like smoking and drinking. News
Read More...How Can You Give A Community Better Health?
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. He hopes to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where “the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.” Environment
Read More...Nearly Half The Country Doesn’t Know Health Law Exists
By admin on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | Comments Off
A new poll finds 42 percent of Americans aren’t sure that the Affordable Care Act is actually a law. Guest Host Celeste Headlee discusses this and other health care-related issues with Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, and NPR’s Senior Washington editor, Ron Elving. News
Read More...Zane Benefits Publishes New Information on Small Business Health…
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A Stand-Alone HRA Helps Small Businesses Offer Health Insurance for the First Time. (PRWeb May 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10728395.htm Business: Economy
Read More...Is The FDA’s Caution Hazardous To Our Health?
By admin on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 | Comments Off
Some argue that the FDA’s approval process — required before new treatments can be sold on the market — takes too much time and money. A group of experts face off over the balance between safety and urgency in the latest Intelligence Squared U.S. debate. Politics
Read More...Aretha Franklin cancels two concerts over health issues
By admin on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 | Comments Off
(Reuters) – Soul singer Aretha Franklin has pulled out of two upcoming performances because of health issues, the two concert venues said on Monday. Franklin, 71, canceled a May 20 concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a May 26 solo performance at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. "It was canceled for medical reasons," [...]
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