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Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Care Proposals In Six States (Medical News Today)
Summaries of news about efforts to restructure health coverage in Louisiana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin appear below.Louisiana: The Louisiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians and the Louisiana Hospital Association recently filed public records requests to obtain details about Gov.
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Philadelphia Inquirer Series Examines Health Care Delays For Patients Without Health Insurance (Medical News Today)
The Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday, as part of its series, "Falling Through: Casualties of the Health Insurance Crisis," profiled a woman without health insurance who works temporarily at a physician's office. The woman in May was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma after she discovered a lump in her groin. She underwent a $350 CT scan and a $3,000 surgery to have the cancerous lump removed.
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State Senate panel might urge rejection of Blues deal - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
State Senate panel might urge rejection of Blues deal Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Nov 19, 2008 The merger would create the seventh-largest health insurance company in the country. Republicans control the state Senate, and thus that panel, ... Pennsylvania Senate committee expected to recommend against ... Bizjournals.com Senate panel: Set limits on merged Blues Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial: Insurer Merger Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Inquirer all 20 news articles
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Pa. committee not supporting Independence Blue Cross-Highmark merger - Bizjournals.com
Pa . committee not supporting Independence Blue Cross-Highmark merger Bizjournals.com, NC - 19 hours ago “Our subscribers will continue to have the same wide variety of choice from a competitive health insurance market as they have today.” IBC of Philadelphia ... Pa . senators oppose Blues insurance merger Forbes all 18 news articles
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