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We all deserve best quality health insurance coverage that is quite affordable. But choosing and getting good and cheap insurance can be a difficult process. With this health insurance coverage becoming more and more expensive now a days, having the best health care insurance policy is very essential. If you’re having cheap but no health [...]

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Commentary: Would Jesus mandate sonograms but cut pre-K?

Let’s acknowledge that government has a role in protecting life. That’s the essence of police power: the reason for law-and-order rules, health care standards and a safety net for society’s most vulnerable.
And let’s acknowledge that government has a role in making sure people make informed decisions about medical procedures. When individuals undertake risks at the [...]

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Texas Heart Attack Prevention legislation “premature,” expert says

Dallas, TX - The quiet passage of 2009’s Texas Heart Attack Prevention Bill will have ramifications that will “ring loudly” for public health, predicts a Commentary published in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week [1].
As reported in-depth by heartwire, the bill, known as HB 1290, grew out of a bold, unprecedented proposal from the [...]

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Chiro One Wellness Centers Seek to Fill 100 Jobs in 2011

Local Chiropractic Physicians Group Seeks to Fill 100 Jobs in 2011
Chiro One Wellness Centers, the Nation’s fastest growing Chiropractic Physicians Group based in Oak Brook, IL aims to fill 100 jobs including positions in marketing, business development, billing, clinic technicians, and administrative as well as launch an internship program in 2011. The effort is part [...]

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Wellness program launched at Home Hardware

A new initiative at Home Hardware is helping staff take charge of their own health.
The Good for You! Wellness Program, which involves everything from an online health assessment to regular workshops designed around the interests and needs of employees, launched earlier this year.
It’s a joint initiative between Home Hardware and La Capitale Financial Group, its [...]

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Health Care Reform Update

Even though a federal judge in Florida ruled in late January that Health Care Reform is unconstitutional, don’t expect any changes in the immediate future. Until and unless the U.S. Supreme Court invalidates the law, you can expect that federal and state governments will continue to implement it.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled that the [...]

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Four States Get Waivers to Carry Out Health Law

The Obama administration said Wednesday that it had granted broad waivers to four states allowing health insurance companies to continue offering less generous benefits than they would otherwise be required to provide this year under the new federal health care law.
The states are Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee, the administration told Congress.
Lawmakers said that [...]

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Florida Oblitics

Should everyone be forced to buy insurance?
South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Tuesday made the case that the new law requiring all individuals to obtain insurance is a necessary part of containing health care costs.“You have to end the free-rider nature of the system,” she told reporters in a conference call.health%20care%20obama.jpg
“You have far too [...]

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Health insurers continue to drop children’s coverage

No one could have predicted that insurance companies would find ways around the Affordable Care Act when it came down to actually having to provide coverage to sick people.
Why the difference? Because they get the extra premiums for insuring adult children and have less of risk of having to pay out to cover illnesses. The [...]

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Health Insurance news from Ohio

About 86 percent of Ohio’s small businesses will be eligible for a tax credit that’s aimed at helping employers pay for their workers’ Ohio health insurance coverage, according to a report from a left-leaning consumer group.
The catch is, a company can’t have more than 25 employees to be considered a small business. Businesses will be [...]

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