State snubs doctors advice on health bill - Business Day South Africa
June 3rd, 2008
State snubs doctors advice on health bill - Business Day South Africa
CAPE TOWN The government signalled its determination yesterday to regulate private healthcare prices, publishing a revised version of the controversial National Health Amendment Bill that makes little concession to industry criticism of the
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5 percent of Mass. taxpayers uninsured, some hit with fine - Boston Globe
BOSTON Nearly 100,000 Massachusetts taxpayers have been hit with a new fine for failing to obtain health insurance, even as a major survey concludes the effort to create near-universal coverage is meeting key goals. Five percent of Massachusetts
Source: www.boston.com
State officials buoyed by health insurance penalty numbers - South Coast Today
BOSTON About 97,000 Massachusetts residents have been assessed a $219 tax penalty for not obtaining health insurance in the first year of the state’s new health care reform law, Gov. Deval Patrick and legislative leaders announced Monday. State
Source: www.southcoasttoday.com
Teachers may sue over health rebate - Concord Monitor
The Concord teachers union is considering legal action against the school district over what the union says is hundreds of thousands of dollars in health insurance money that should have been returned to teachers as a rebate. The union went public
Source: www.concordmonitor.com
OUR VIEW: Move health reform forward - South Coast Today
Few would dispute the moral victory of Massachusetts’ health care reform law, but with the cost to the state expected to nearly double in the program’s second year, controlling costs will become essential to the program’s survival. Since late 2006
Source: www.southcoasttoday.com
Beach closed due to high bacteria levels - Chicago Tribune
NEWPORT NEWS - King-Lincoln Beach in Newport News has been closed to swimming following water tests that showed high bacteria levels. A sign will be posted at the beach that reads, “Warning Swimmers: Bacteria levels do not meet State Water Quality
Source: www.chicagotribune.com
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