Articles filed under Health
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Roskam Medicare plan gets movingFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - A proposal from U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam aimed at curbing Medicare fraud is set to make it to the House floor this week. The Wheaton Republican's plan could, among other t...
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Fruits and vegetables get a star-studded marketing pushFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - NEW YORK — What if cauliflower got the same type of marketing firepower as candy bars and potato chips? A campaign being launched Thursday plans to put that premise to t...
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Report: Surge in Chinese investment raises fraud risksFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Chinese investors seeking green cards to live in America run the risk of being defrauded under a loosely regulated visa program, according to a report ...
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Correction: Sears-Results storyFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Feb. 27 about Sears Holdings Corp., The Associated Press reported erroneously that Chief Financial Officer Rob Schriesheim said in a statement...
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GOP claims paper shows fed aides' preps for health law lossFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading House Republican claimed Thursday that he's been told of a 100-page document showing the Obama administration is preparing contingency plans ...
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For Many Middle-Class Taxpayers On Obamacare, It’s Payback TimeFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - Roberta and Curtis Campbell typically look forward to tax time. Most years, they receive a refund – a little extra cash to pay off credit card bills. But this year the...
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Panel: Use new meningitis vaccines only for outbreaksFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) - A federal panel is recommending that two new meningitis vaccines only be used during outbreaks and not be given routinely to teens and college students. T...
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Panel: Base quarantines, other outbreak decisions on scienceFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attempts to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa were a mistake, the president's bioethics advisers said Thursday. The U...
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Prosecutor: Former Democratic powerbroker sold influenceFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A former Democratic power broker sold his political influence in schemes including one that involved a multibillion-dollar megamall project that has ...
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If Supreme Court says no, they'd lose health insurance helpFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Millions of Americans have a big personal stake in next Wednesday's Supreme Court challenge to the nation's health care law: Can they legally continue to ...